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Deputy Minister at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany

1965  Joined the SPD

 
1972-1978  Federal deputy president of the Young Socialists in the SPD

 
1975-1983  Member of Dusseldorf City Council

 
Since 1983  Member of the German Bundestag

 
1987  Spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag In the study commission "opportunities and risks of genetic engineering"

 
1987-1991  Spokesman of the study commission "protection of the Earth's atmosphere"

 
1992  Chair of the study commission "protection of mankind and the environment"

 
1992-1998  Environment spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag

 
1998-2005  Deputy chair of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag

since
November 2005  Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety