| Since 2009 Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport and digital infrastructure |
His stations:
| Federal CDU | ||
| 2006-2009 | Member of the Commission “Aufbau Ost” of the federal CDU | |
| 2003-2005 | Chairman of the Federal Committee of the federal CDU | |
| German Bundestag | ||
| Since 2013 | Chairman of the National Committee of the Lower Saxony CDU / CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag | |
| 2005-2009 | Alternate member of the Committee on Budgets |
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| 2002-2009 | full member of the Committee on Transport, Building and Urban Affairs | |
| 2007-2009 | Chairman of the Subcommittee “State of railway infrastructure and securing an efficient and safe railway infrastructure for the future” | |
| 2005-2009 | chairman of the regional committee of the Lower Saxony CDU / CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag | |
| Since 2002 | Member of the German Bundestag | |
| Political activities | ||
| Since 1999 | Member of the CDU Regional Executive of the CDU in Lower Saxony | |
| Since 1999 | Chairman of the CDU district association Stade for the Elbe-Weser-Raum | |
| Since 1995 | Vorsitzender des CDU-Kreisverbandes Cuxhaven | |
| Municipal mandates | ||
| Since 2011 | Chairman of the Committee on Wirschaft, ports and tourism in the city council of the city Cuxhaven | |
| 1991-2009 | Chairman of the CDU Parliamentary Group in the City Council Cuxhaven | |
| Since 2005 | Deputy Regional Executive in Economic Council of the CDU e.V. | |
| Since 2001 | Chairman of the Committee on Regional Planning, Economic Development and Tourism in the district council of District Cuxhaven | |
| Since 1991 | member of the county council / district of Cuxhaven | |
| Since 1986 | member of the City Council of the city Cuxhaven | |
| Study | ||
| Studied law, political science and philosophy | ||