Vita

Mayor and CEO of the City of Hanover from October 2013 until May 2019

12 May 1964	Born in Hildesheim, since 1971 resident in Hannover (interim in Isernhagen)
since 1983	Member of the SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany)
1985	College of higher education entrance qualification at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gymnasium Hannover
1986/1987	Civilian service in Isernhagen
1988 - 1991	Ev. Fachhochschule (Protestant College of Higher Education) Hannover, Studies in Social Education
1991	Diploma (FH) as final degree of studies
1991 - 1994	Bildungswerk Niedersächsische Volkshochschulen (employee)
1995 - 1996	Verein zur Förderung der Völkerverständigung (Association for the Support of International Understanding) and 'spw' magazine (Research Assistant)
1996 - 1998	Foundation for Work and Environment of the IG BCE (Research Assistant)
1999 - 2000	Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment (Head of Public Relations)
2000 - 2009	SPD district Hannover (Chief Operating Officer)
2008 - 2013	Member of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony
since 2009	SPD district Hannover (Chairman)
2010 - 2013	SPD parliamentary group in the State Parliament of Lower Saxony (Chairman)
6 Oct. 2013	Elected Mayor and CEO of the City of Hanover
11 Oct. 2013	Took office as Mayor and CEO of the City of Hanover
26 May 2019	Retired