• 1973:
graduated in
regional and urban planning • 1982: First theological examination • 1985: second theological examination • 1988: ordained in • 1973-1975: Research assistant, Academy for Industrial and General Building Development • Senior Architect's Office, Berlin • 1975-1976: studied in
Berlin-Weißensee and Adlershof • 1976-1982: Studied
theology at Naumburg and Berlin • 1982-1988: Worked with young
people in
Community for the Resurrection • 1988-1990: Chaplain to young people and
students in
Naumburg • Chairman of the Naumburg SPD Local and District Association • 1994: Member of the Saxony-Anhalt SPD Association Executive Committee • 1990: Vice-Chairman of the SPD
Group in the Volkskammer • since 1994:
Member of the European Parliament • 1994-1999: Vice-Chairman of the
European Parliament Israel Delegation ==Decorations==