1992 A-levels at the Gymnasium an der Stadtmauer in Bad Kreuznach; 1992 to 1998 studies at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz; 1998 master's degree in theology, political science and education; 1998 state examination in religion and social studies.
1998 to 2002 freelancer at SWR television, Mainz; 1998 to 2000 journalistic traineeship; 2000 to 2002 editor at the magazine "weinwelt"; 2001 to 2009 editor-in-chief at "Sommelier-Magazin".
2002 to 2011 Member of the German Bundestag; since 2004 Member of the District Council for the Bad Kreuznach District; 2009 to 2011 Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection; 2010 to 2022 State Chairwoman of the CDU Rhineland-Palatinate; 2011 to 2018 Parliamentary Group Chair of the CDU in the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament and member of the state parliament; 2012 to 2022 Deputy Chair of the CDU of Germany; since January 2022 Federal Treasurer of the CDU of Germany; 2018 to 2021 Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture; since December 2021 Economic Policy Spokesperson of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
Memberships: Board of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.; Atlantik-Brücke e. V.; Regionalbündnis Soonwald-Nahe e. V.; cnetz - Verein für Netzpolitik; Förderverein "Lützelsoon" zur Unterstützung krebskranker und notleidender Kinder und deren Familien e. V.; Weißer Ring; Stiftung Mainzer Herz; Förderverein "Eugenie Michels Hospiz" Bad Kreuznach; Förder- und Freundschaftsverein "St. Marienwörth" e. V.; Förderverein der Ökumenischen Sozialstation Nahe e. V.; Freundeskreis des Steinskulpturenmuseums e. V. Fondation Kubach-Wilmsen; Akademie Kloster Eberbach - Werte in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft e. V.; Landfrauen; Weinorden an der Nahe e. V.; Kreisfeuerwehrverband Bad Kreuznach e. V. and Birkenfeld e. V.; carnival, music and sports association; honorary member of the association "Aktion Deutsche Sprache e. V."; Europaunion; Indienhilfe Obere Nahe; DLRG; Bundeswehr-Ortsgruppe Idar-Oberstein.
Boards of Trustees: Chairman Caritas Foundation "Mittelpunkt Mensch"; Ossig Foundation for the Förderverein Kinderklinik Bad Kreuznach e. V. of the Kreuznacher Diakonie; Plan International Deutschland e. V.; Stiftung Weltkirche; European Foundation Kaiserdom zu Speyer.
Patronages; German Multiple Sclerosis Society Bad Kreuznach; Förderverein Christliche Hospizbewegung Ambulanter Dienste e. V.; Patientenstiftung Aktion Niere; "Feed the Hungry" Foundation; Landesverband "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Muskelkranke e. V."; German PSP Society; Liebfrauen Foundation Worms; since October 24, 2022, member of the Board of Trustees of the German-Israeli Business Association e.V. (honorary).
Initiator of the "Roman Herzog Media Prize" for consumer journalism; Nahe and German Wine Queen (1994 to 1996).
VOX Nachrichten(1993)as Self
Heute Xpress(2015)as Self
ZiB 2(1975)as Self
Hohes Haus(1979)as Self
Markus Lanz(2008)as Self
ZDF Magazin Royale(2020)as Self
Vremya(1968)as Self - President of the Bundestag
Erntehelfer - Unsichtbar und ausgebeutet(2021)as Self
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin(1989)as Self
0630: der News-Podcast(2020)as Self