Short biography

- 1968: born in Schlema/Aue

- 1987: high school diploma in Wuppertal

- 1987-2001: Officer of the German Federal Armed Forces, while studying pedagogy; graduation diploma

- 2001-2010: Police NRW, while studying administration; diploma

- Since 2010: Member of the state parliament

+ Spokesman for cultural policy

+ Member of the Interior Committee

+ Speaker in the PUA Lügde

+ Speaker in the PUA Häckerangriff

- Since 1994: Member of the SPD

- Since 1999: Member of the BV Langerfeld-Beyenburg

- Since 2020: District mayor

Current positions

- Vice President of the Cultural Policy Society

- President of the Association of Libraries NRW

- Chairman of the State Wind Orchestra

- Vice Chairman Förderverein Pina-Bausch-Zentrum

- Vice Chairman Gerhard Hauptmann House

- Vice Chairman Literaturbüro NRW

- Member of the Board of Trustees of Kunststiftung NRW

- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Kunstsammlung NRW