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CURRICULUM VITAE

Born on February 12, 1951, in Duisburg-Hamborn
Obtained Abitur (higher-education entrance qualification) in 1969
Studied law at the Westphalian Wilhelm University in Muenster
Passed 1st state examination in law in Muenster
Obtained doctorate in law
Passed 2nd state examination in law in Stuttgart
Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg
Senior civil servant (Ministerial Counsellor) in the Parliament of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg:
Head of the office of the President of the Parliament of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg
Practising lawyer since 2000
Member of the German Parliament since 1994
Honoured with the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, March 2009
Honoured with the Grand Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania, July 2011
Awarded with the title of “Doctor Honoris Causa” from the Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius/Lithuania in November 2011
Honoured with the “Order of Honour” of Georgia, March 2014
Honoured with the “Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary”, May 2015
Awarded with the title of “Professor Honoris Causa” from the Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius/Lithuania in September 2016
Appointment as Knight of the French Legion of Honour in October 2016
Founding of the Dr. Karl A. Lamers Peace Foundation in December 2018

Member of the German Parliament since 1994 (Constituency: Heidelberg/Weinheim)
Member of the Defence Committee since 1994
Member of the SME Circle in the German Parliament since 1994
Chairman of the Group of Rapporteurs for Future Air Defence of the Defence Committee, 1995 – 1998
Substitute member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs since 1998
Chairman of the Defence Committee’s Subcommittee on the Development of Internal Leadership, 2003 – 2007
Deputy Chairman of the Defence Committee since November 2006

Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) since 1998
Rapporteur of the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Relations, 1999 – 2003
Head of the CDU/CSU Delegation since 2003
Deputy Chairman of the Political Committee, 2003 – 2004
Chairman of the Sub-Committee on NATO-Partnerships, 2004 – 2008
Chairman of the Political Group of Conservatives, Christian Democrats and Associates in the NATO PA since May 2005
Head of the German Delegation since May 2006
Vice-President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, 2006 – 2008
Chairman of the Political Committee of the NATO PA, 2008 – 2010
President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, 2010 – 2012
Vice-President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, 2012-2014
Chairman of the Sub-Committee on NATO-Partnerships, 2014 – 2017
Chairman of the Working Group on Education and Communication about NATO 2017 – 2019
Member of the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council (UNIC) since November 2017
Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Relations since November 2017
Acting Vice-President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly since February 2020
Vice-President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly since May 2020

Member of the Young Union (youth section of the CDU/CSU), 1975 – 1986
Deputy Chairman of the Baden-Wuerttemberg branch of the Young Union, 1981 – 1986
Deputy Chairman of the North Baden district branch of the Small and Medium Enterprises and Business Organisation of the CDU, 1983 – 1986
Member of Heidelberg City Council, 1987 – 1996
Chairman of the Heidelberg county branch of the CDU, 1985 – 2003, Honorary Chairman since 2003
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign, European and Development Policy of the Baden-Wuerttemberg branch of the CDU until 2002