- Born on February 12, 1951, in Duisburg-Hamborn
Prof. h. c. Dr. Karl A. Lamers - 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 „Doctor Honoris Causa“ from the Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius/Lithuania im 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
GERMAN PARLIAMENT
- 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
NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
- 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 PA, 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
- Member of the Executive Comittee of NATO Parliamentar Assembly since 2014
- Chairman of the Sub-Committee on NATO – Partnerships since 2014
HONORARY POSTS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- President of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA), 2008 – 2014
- Chairman of the Political Committee of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) since 2014
- Vice-President of the German Atlantic Association
- President of the American-European Friendship Club Heidelberg, 2003 – 2014
- Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London
- Member of the board of trustees of the Heidelberg Surgery Foundation
- Member of the board of the German Foundation for Peace Research
- Member of the advisory board of the Catholic Peace Foundation
- Member of the Heidelberg-Palatina Lions Club
PARTY POSTS
- 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