Curriculum Vitae
born: |
13. July 1950 |
1974: |
degree in civil engineering |
1974 – 1986: |
Consultant engineer, water and energy technologies; from 1981 to 1986 also managing director of an Energy- and Environmental Information Centre |
1986 – 1989: |
Member of the Lower Saxony state parliament, Green Party environment spokesman |
since 1989 |
Head of the Direcktorate of envirmonmental affairs |
since 1997 |
also ‘Erster Stadtrat’ of the City of Hannover and thus Deputy Chief Executive of the city administration after the Lord Mayor |
since 2005: |
also Head of the Directorate of Economic Affairs |
In all three functions re-elected by the 65 councilmen of the City till July 2013.
In charge of around 1,800 local government employees and an annual budget of approx. 390m €
