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  • Born on February 12th, 1951 in Duisburg-Hamborn
  • Obtained Abitur (higher-education entrance qualification) 1969
  • Studied Law at the Westphalia Wilhelm University in Muenster
  • Passed 1st state exam
  • Activity as a research assistant and lecturer at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg.
  • Ph.D. in Law
  • Legal clerkship in Heidelberg
  • Passed 2nd state exam
  • 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
  • Honoured with the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 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
  • Recipient of the 'Honorary Silver Medal' from the State Firefighters Association of Baden-Württemberg since January 2014.
  • Recipient of the 'Order of Honor' of Georgia since March 2014
  • Recipient of the 'Silver Badge of Honor' from the Federation of Expellees, Baden-Württemberg, since September 2014.
  • Recipient of the 'Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary' since May 2015.
  • Awarded with the title of “Professor Honoris Causa” from the Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius/Lithuania in September 2016
  • Appointment as a Knight in the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France in October 2016
  • Founding of the Dr. Karl A. Lamers Peace Foundation in December 2018
  • Founding of the Dr. Lamers Consulting: Advice for economics and politics, Heidelberg 2018
  • Appointment to Honorary Consul of Estonia for the State Baden-Württemberg on October 26, 2021
     
     
  • Member of the German Bundestag, 1994 - October 26, 2021 (constituency: Heidelberg/Weinheim)
  • Member of the Defence Committee, 1994 - 2021
  • Member of the Parliamentary Group for SME's (also known as the ‚Mittelstand‘) , 1994 - 2021 
  • Chairman of the Sub-Committee on "further development of Leadership and Civic Education“ of the Defence Committee, 2003-2007
  • Deputy Chairman of the Defence Committee, November 2006 - 2021
  • Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA), 1998 – 2022
  • Rapporteur of the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Relations, 1999-2003
  • Head of the CDU/CSU delegation in the NATO PA, 2003 - 2021
  • Vice-Chairman of the Political Committee of the NATO PA, 2003-2004
  • Chairman of the Sub-Committee on NATO Partnerships , 2004-2008
  • Chairman of the Conservatives, Christian Democrats and Associates group in the NATO PA, 2005 -2021
  • Head of the German delegation, 2006 - 2021
  • Vice President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, 2006 – 2008
  • Chairman of the Political Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, 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), 2017-2021
  • Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Relations, 2017-2020
  • Vice President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, 2020 - 2021
  • Vice President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, May - November 2020
  • Member of the Presidium of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Nov. 2020-2021
  • Chairman of the Sub-Committee on NATO Partnerships, 2020-2021

Honorary Positions &
Memberships

  • Vice President of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA), 2017 – 2020
  • President of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA), 2008 – 2014
  • Vice President of the German Atlantic Association since 2009
  • President of the American-European Friendship Club Heidelberg, 2003 – 2014
  • Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) London
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Heidelberg Surgery Foundation
  • Member in the foundation council of the German Foundation for Peace Research, 2008 – 2018
  • Member of the Lions Club Heidelberg-Palatina
  • Member of the Advisory Board of the Catholic Peace Foundation
  • President of the Dr. Karl A. Lamers Peace Foundation since 2018
  • Member of the foundation council of the Bassermann Cultural Foundation

Honorary Positions &
Memberships

Party Offices

  • Member of the Junge Union, 1975 – 1986
  • Deputy State Chairman of the Junge Union Baden-Württemberg, 1981 – 1986
  • Deputy District Chairman of the SME Association of the CDU District Association of North Baden, 1983 – 1989
  • District Chairman of the CDU Heidelberg, 1985 – 2003
  • City Councilor in the Municipal Council of the City of Heidelberg, 1987 – 1995
  • Honorary Chairman of the CDU Heidelberg since 2003
  • Chairman of the State Committee for Foreign Affairs, European and Security Policy of the CDU Baden-Württemberg until 2002