Nationality
German
Year of Birth
June 14, 1940
1960
High School Diploma („Abitur“), Tegernsee/Upper Bavaria
1960-1962
Military service German armed forces, reserve First lieutenant
1967
Diploma in Political Science from Free University Berlin.
Majored in Political Science, Contemporary History and International Law
1968-1970
Assistant Professor at Otto-Suhr-Institute, Free University Berlin
1970-1972
Head of the International Policy and Intra-German Relations Group at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Federal Headquarters, Bonn
1972-1976
Executive Ministerial Counsellor to the Prime Minister Rhineland-Palatinate State Chancellery
1977-1982
Chief of Staff of the Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, German Bundestag, Bonn
1982-1990
Ministerial Director at the Federal Chancellery, Head of the Directorate-General for Foreign and Intra-German Relations, Development Policy, External Security
1983-1990
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Federal Chancellery
1991-1992
CEO of the Bertelsmann Foundation
1993-2000
Member of the Board of Management of BMW Group, Economic and Governmental Affairs (Public Affairs)
1993-2003
Chairman of the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
2000-2003
Representative of the Board of Management of BMW for Central- and Eastern Europe, Asia and Middle East
2003-2006
President Boeing Germany
1991-2003
Member of the German-Japanese Dialogue Forum (an inter-governmental institution)
1992-2003
Member of the German-Indian Consultative Group (an inter-governmental institution)
1992-2002
Honorary Consul General of the Republic of India for Bavaria and Thuringia
since 1999
Chairman of the Munich Conference on Security Policy
1994-2003
Chairman of the German-Chinese Steering Committee for Infra-Structure-Projects
2000-2007
Member of the University Council of the Munich Academy of Arts
since 2000
Member of the International Advisory Board of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York
Member of the Senat of the “Deutsche Nationalstiftung” (Founder: Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt)
Member of the Presidium of the German Council on Foreign Relations
Member of the SWP Council of German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Member of the Presidiumof the “Wirtschaftsbeirat der Union”
1991
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Budapest
1997
Honorary Doctorate of the Sogang University, Seoul
1993-2003
President of the Society of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (Chief Conductor James Levine)
Member of Supervisory Boards and International Advisory Boards of several German, British and American Companies
1996-2007
Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at Technische Universität Munich
since 2002
President of the German-Israelian Business Society (DIW)
2003
Honorary Professor at Technical University Munich, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
2005
SCOPUS Award of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
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