Biography

Born in Kyllburg on 1 May 1968

1987
School-leaving certificate, St.-Matthias-Gymnasium in Gerolstein

1987 to 1988
Basic military service

1988 to 1995
Studied law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, First State Examination in Law

1995 to 1997
Practical legal training, Second State Examination in Law

1998 to 1999
Practised as a lawyer

1999 to 2025
Member of the Bitburg-Prüm District Council

1999 to 2009
Mayor of the municipal association of Arzfeld

2004 to 2011
Chairman of the CDU Parliamentary Group in the Bitburg-Prüm District Council

Since 2009
Member of the German Bundestag

2011 to 2018
Secretary-General of the CDU in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate

2014 to 2017
Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group of Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg

Since 2017
Chairman of the group of parliamentarians from Rhineland-Palatinate in the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag

2018 to 2025
Chief Whip of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag

2018 to 2021
Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the BENELUX countries

2022 to 2025
Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Belgium and Luxembourg

Since 6 May 2025
Federal Minister of Transport