Born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, married to Renate Böhmler, née Frankenberger, two children

Trained for the Upper Administrative Service (Diplom-Verwaltungswirt)

Studied jurisprudence in Tübingen
Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Period of study in Oxford

First state examination in law / Second state examination in law

Head of the Public Administration Office (Ordnungsamt) at the Göppingen District Office

Head of the State Secretary’s Office in the Federal Ministry of Education and Science

Head of Section in State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg

Head of the Department of International Affairs in the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg

Head of Office in the Ministry of Science, Research and Art, Baden-Württemberg

Head of the State Chancellery of the State of Baden-Württemberg/State Secretary
Church Commissioner of the State Government
State Government Commissioner for the Reduction of Bureaucracy

Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank

responsible for the Controlling, Accounting and Organisation Department; Economic Education, University of Applied Sciences and Technical Central Bank Cooperation; the Human Resources Department;
and the Administration and Premises Department