1941 born in Stuttgart, married, two daughters
1960 Abitur at the Zeppelin-Gymnasium, Stuttgart
1961-1969 Studies of Physics and Physical Chemistry at the Universities of Stuttgart, Munich and Aberdeen/Scotland, Industrial Apprenticeship at Bosch (S-Feuerbach) and Lavalette (Paris), Language Studies in Spain an Portugal
1969 PhD on the Kinetics of Ion Exchangers
1970-1979 Research at Deutsche Automobil GmbH (DAUG), Esslingen-Mettingen (Development of Electric Car Batteries)
1974-1979 President of the Workers Council
since 1964 Member of the German Socialdemocratic Party (SPD)
1977-1982 President of the local SPD Branch
1979-2004 Member of the European Parliament,
1982-1995 Member of the Board of SPD Baden-Württemberg
2003-2005 Member of the Board of SPD (Parteirat)
2005-2007 Special Advisor to the EU Commissioner for Energy
Since 2005 Director of the Centre for European Energy Strategy - C.E.R.E.S sprl, Brussels
Other Memberships:
Metal Workers Union, Workers Welfare, German Red Cross, Europa-Union, Euro-Solar, Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN)
Member of the consultative board of EnBW (Energie Baden-Württemberg), Karlsruhe
Member of the consultative board of Energiedienst Holding AG, CH-Laufenburg
Member of the advisory board of Vattenfall Europe Mining AG, Senftenberg
Member oft the Advisery Board of Babcock-Hitachi Europe, Oberhausen.
Member of the Scientific Board of the journal "Recht der Energiewirtschaft" ("Law of the Energy Economy")
Honors member of the Kerntechnische Gesellschaft eV
Member of the curatorship of the Forum für Zukunftsenergien eV
Member of the curatorship of the Castle Kapfenburg
International Memberships:
Vicepresident of the European Materials Forum (EMF), Strasbourg
Honorary President of the European Energy Forum, Strasbourg and Brussels
Member of the International Advisory Committee of IMPRESS
(Intermetallic Materials Processing in Relation to Earth and Space
Solidification), an initiative of the European Space Agency (ESA)
and the European Union (EU)
Decorations:
Officier de la Légion d'Honneur
Al Mérito de Chile: Gran Cruz
Foreign Languages:
English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
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