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since 1989
Member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
1990
Abitur (university entrance qualification) in Hamburg
1991 to 1997
Studied law in Hamburg and Bilbao/Spain, first state examination in law 1997 to 2000
Research associate at the University of Hamburg
2000 to 2002
Legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, second state examination in law
2002 to 2005
Personal assistant, then office manager to the Secretary General of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
2005 to 2007
Office manager of the First Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag
2007 to 2009
Head of the Minister’s Office and Head of the Management and Planning Unit at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
2010 to 2011
Director of the German branch of the International Labour Organization (ILO)
2011 to 2018
State Councillor (Secretary of State) and Plenipotentiary of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg to the Federation, to the European Union and for Foreign Affairs
2014 to 2015
Chair of the Conference of European Ministers (EMC)
2015 to 2018
Member of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR)
2018 to 2021
Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of Finance
since December 2021
Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks