The rocking baron

By Vanessa Mock - 25.06.2009 / 05:00 CET

Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's ascent to become Germany's finance minister at the age of 37.

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Curriculum Vitae

1971: Born, Munich
1992-99: Studies political science and law at the University of Bayreuth
1996-2002: Member of the advisory board of private hospital group Rhöm-Klinikum
2002: Elected member of parliament for the Christian Social Union
2005: Chairman of the CDU/CSU parlia- mentary group on foreign policy
2007: Doctorate in law
2008: Secretary-general of the CSU
2009-: Economics minister