In office since 1989
Born April 22, 1939 in Oberrohr (Swabia)
Married, two children
1957 Joined the Junge Union, Youth organisation of the CDU/CSU
1959 Abitur (university entrance qualification)
1959 - 1963 Studied law and political science in Munich and Würzburg
1960 Joined the Christian Social Union (CSU)
1961 - 1970 Chairman of the Junge Union, Krumbach
1963 First state examination in law
1963 - 1967 Legal training in Krumbach, Schwabmünchen and Augsburg
1966 - 1972 Member of the district council, Krumbach
1967 Doctorate in law, second state examination in law
1967 - 1969 Junior legal official at the district attorney´s office, regional court, Munich
1967 - 1971 Chairman of the Junge Union, Swabia
1969 - 1970 Personal assistant
to the Secretary of State Ministry of Finance, Bavaria
1970 - 1972 Personal assistant to the State Minister of Economic
Affairs and Transport, Bavaria
1971 - 1975 Chairman of the Junge Union, Bavaria
Since 1972 Member of the German Bundestag
1973 - 1978 Member of the CDU Basic Policy Commission
1978 - 1980 Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Economics
Committee of the German Bundestag
1980 - 1982 Chairman of the Working Group on Economics and spokesman
for economics of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag
1982 - 1989 Chairman of the CSU group and first vice chairman of the
CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, Bonn
1982 - 1989 Vice-Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag
1987 - 1988 Chairman of the CSU regional committee, Swabia
Since 1988 Chairman of the CSU
Since 1989 Federal Minister of Finance
Source: German Information Center
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