Mr. Reinhard Klingen is the Director General Waterways and Shipping of the Federal Ministry of Transport and digital Infrastructure (BMVI), Bonn since december 2009

2005 – 2009 Head of the Directorate Waterways of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS), Bonn

2000 – 2005 Head of Division Personnel matters of the Waterways and Shipping Administration, General principles of labour, social and tariff law, occupational safety, training, further and continuous training in the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing (BMVBW), Bonn

1998 – 2000 Director of the Office of the Chairman of the CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag (Parliament), Bonn and Berlin

Jan. 1998 – Nov. 1998 Head of the Political Staff with the Federal Minister of Building and Housing, Bonn

Jan. 1993 – 1998 Counsellor for Economic and Transport Issues at the CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag, Bonn

April 1993 – Oct. 1993 Deputy Head of the Personnel Division of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Bonn

1991 – 1993 Personal Assistant of the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Bonn

1990 – 1991 Assistant Head of the Policy Division in the Directorate General “Railways” in the Federal Ministry of Transport, Bonn

1986 – 1990 Head of Department at the Waterways and Shipping Directorate Northwest, Aurich

1983 – 1986 Practical legal training at the Higher Regional Court Cologne

1982 – 1983 Assistant Desk Officer for cases of damage with the Chief of Police in Bonn

University and studies

1976 – 1981 Law degree at Bonn University

1975 – 1976 Basic military service

1975 Abitur (university entrance qualification), Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium, Ratingen