has been a member of the German Bundestag since September 2002 as a directly elected representative for the Nürtingen constituency. Re-elected to the German Bundestag in 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017. He is a member of the Health Committee as rapporteur for the area of drug supply and pharmacies for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, chairman of the Health Committee, deputy member of the Committee for Economic Cooperation and Development, deputy member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, chairman of the parliamentary group Arabic-speaking states in the Middle East. Further stations: