Bernd Neumann

Born in Elbing/Western Prussia on 6 January 1942; married, two children

1961
Abitur (high school diploma)

1961 - 1963
Military service

1962
Member of the CDU

1963 - 1966
Studied Education in Bremen

1966 - 1971
Teacher in Bremen

1971 - 1987
Member of Bremen's city-state parliament; elected chairman of the CDU parliamentary faction in 1973

since 1979
State chairman of Bremen's CDU party

since 1987
Member of the German Bundestag

1989 - 1995
Chairman of the federal commission on media politics of the CDU; deputy chairman since 1995

1991 - 1998
Parliamentary state secretary under the Minister of State for Education, Research and Technology

1998 - 2005
Chairman of the CDU/CSU faction in the parliamentary committee for culture and the media

since 22 November 2005
Federal commissioner for culture and the media