Peer SteinbrückBorn: 10th January 1947, Hamburg. Married, 3 children
1968: University Admission, followed by 2 years military service
1969: Joined the SPD (German Social Democratic Party)
April 1970 – October 1974: Studied Economics and Social Sciences at Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel; graduated in Economics December 1974
1974 – 1976: Employed at the Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development (Regional Planning and Development)
1976-1981: Various positions in Federal Ministries, as a personal consultant, and in the Chancellery in Bonn
1981: Employed at the permanent representation for the Federal Republic of Germany in East Berlin, in the economic division
1981 – 1985: Personal assistant to the Federal Minister for Research and Technology, and policy advisor to the SPD’s parliamentary group
October 1985 – November 1986: Policy advisor in the planning group of the Ministry for the Environment, Regional Planning and Agriculture, in North Rhine-Westphalia
December 1986 – May 1990: Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Johannes Rau
June 1990 – April 1992: Secretary of State in the Ministry of Nature, Environment and Regional Development, at the Land Schleswig-Holstein
May 1992 – May 1998: Secretary of State, later Minister, of Economics, Technology and Transport of the Land Schleswig-Holstein
October 1998 – February 2000: Minister of Economics, Small Business, Technology and Transport of North Rhine-Westphalia
February 2000 – November 2002: Minister of Finance of North Rhine-Westphalia
June 2000 – November 2005: Member of the Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
November 2002 – June 2005: Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
November 2005 – October 2009: Federal Minister of Finance
November 2005 – November 2009: Deputy Chairman of the SPD
October 2009 – present: Member of the German Parliament