| Born | 28th April 1944 in Flensburg, married with Marion-Viola Trebesch, née Krier, three children |
| 1965-1969 | University studies in law and history (Bonn, Berlin, Grenoble and Cambridge) |
| 1969 | First Legal State Examination |
| 1970/71 | Postgraduate studies at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. |
| 1970-1972 | Junior lawyer |
| 1972 | Doctorate in Constitutional and International Law (Bonn) |
| 1972-1974 | Diplomatic Academy |
| 1972/73 | Permanent Representation of Germany and EU Commission in Brussels (Cabinet of Prof. Dahrendorf) |
| 1974-1975 | German Foreign Office (European Political cooperation and Staff of the Diplomatic Academy) |
| 1975-1978 | Deputy Consul General in Houston (Texas), USA |
| 1978-1981 | Permanent Representation of Germany to the European Communities in Brussels |
| 1981-1982 | Advisor to a Parliamentary group in the German Bundestag |
| 1982-1984 | Head of the Minister´s Office in the Federal Ministry of Defense |
| 1985-1987 | NATO Defense College Rome, Faculty Adviser |
| 1987-1991 | German Embassy Helsinki, Deputy Head of Mission |
| 1991-1995 | German Embassy Rome, Minister-Counsellor, Head of Economic Affairs. |
| 1995-2002 | German Foreign Office, Head of Division in the Legal Department, Ambassador |
| 2002-2005 | German Ambassador in Cyprus |
| 2005-2009 | German Ambassador in the Republic of Slovakia |
| 2009 | Retired from Foreign Service |
Member of P.E.N. Centre Germany