Curriculum Vitae

David James McAllister

With my wife Dunja (née Kolleck) and my two daughters I live in Bad Bederkesa (district of Cuxhaven). My family with their calming influence is the centre of my life.
I was born in Berlin on January 12th 1971.

 

Schooling

 
1975 - 1979

Charlottenburg First School, Berlin

1979 - 1982

Elementary School (Wald-Grundschule), Berlin

1982

Orientation Phase (first two years of secondary education), Bad Bederkesa

1982 - 1989 Grammar Boarding School of Lower Saxony, Bad Bederkesa
1989

Abitur (school-leaving examination and higher-education entrance qualification)

National Military Service

 
1989 - 1991 regular soldier serving addtional voluntary military service in the 74th Armoured Batalion in Cuxhaven-Altenwalde

Professional Career

 
1991 - 1996 Studies of law at Hanover University with a scholarship awarded by the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation
1996

First State Exam in Law

1998

Second State Exam in Law

since 1998 Lawyer

Political career

 
1991 - 1994

District chairman of the youth organization of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) in Cuxhaven

1996 - 2002

Member of the Bad Bederkesa town council

2001 - 2002

Mayor of the town of Bad Bederkesa

1996 - 2010

Member of Cuxhaven district council


since 1998:

Member of the federal state parliament of Lower Saxony

2002 - 2003

Secretary-General of the CDU in Lower Saxony

2003 - 2010

Chairman of the CDU in the federal state parliament of Lower Saxony

since 2008 Party Chairman of the CDU in Lower Saxony
since 2010 Prime Minister of Lower Saxony