- Date of birth:
- 13 August 1969
- Place of birth:
- Skoplje, Mazedonien
Education and Professional Life
- 2001 Master’s degree with distinction
- 1995 Honoured by the Schader Foundation and the German Communication Association: Practical application of social studies, thematic field 1995: 'Migration'. Berlin Social Science Center.
- 1992 - 2001 University of Münster; political science, communication, modern history and sociology
- 1989 - 1991 RWTH Aachen University; mechanical engineering with a specialisation in aerospace technology
- 1989 University entrance qualification (Abitur) at the Kardinal von Galen-Gymnasium Mettingen, private school with Catholic profile
Political career:
- Since March 2018 Director-General for Basic Policies at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
- From June 2017 - December 2017 Planning staff of the Secretary-General of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) tasked with planning and coordinating the federal election campaign, as well as drawing up a strategy for the re-positioning of the SPD following the elections and planning the coalition negotiations
- January 2014 - June 2017 and January 2018 - March 2018 Coordinating Policy Officer for Education, Science and Research in the office of Hubertus Heil, Deputy Leader of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag responsible for Economic Affairs, Energy, Education and Research; thematic focus: coordination of education, science and research policies within the governing coalition and with the Länder
- 2008 - 2018 Member of the staff council of the SPD’s parliamentary group
- March 2005 - December 2013 Coordinating Policy Officer of the working group on education and research of the SPD’s parliamentary group in the Bundestag; thematic focus: education and science policies, research promotion and budget of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- 2006 - 2010 Data protection officer of the SPD’s parliamentary group in the Bundestag
- July 2000 - February 2005 Policy Officer for new media and IT and communication technology of the SPD’s parliamentary group in the Bundestag; thematic focus: information, communication and media law, IT security, data protection, e-government and political communication in the information and knowledge society
- March 1999 - February 2000 project staff of the working group “Future of Specialist Information and Specialist Communication in the Information and Knowledge Society” of the SPD’s parliamentary group in the Bundestag
- 1992 - 1994 Freelance journalist for the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung