Born in Augsburg in 1965, Markus Ferber initially worked as a development and sales engineer in the fields of microelectronics and environmental technology before being elected to the European Parliament in 1994 to represent Swabia. There he was initially spokesman for the Young Group of the EPP Group until 1999, and from 1996 to 1999 parliamentary manager of the CDU/CSU Group in the EP. From 1999 to 2014 he was chairman of the CSU group, since 2013 spokesman of the parliamentary group of small and medium-sized businesses, from 2014 to 2018 first vice-chairman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, since 2018 coordinator of the EPP group of this committee in the EP. Ferber is also a substitute member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism. In addition, he is district chairman of the CSU Swabia and has been state chairman of the Europa Union Bayern from 2000 until 2021. For six years, he was Vice Chairman of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, and since January 1, 2020, he has been its first Chairman. 1985 -1990 | Studies of electrical engineering at the Technical University of Munich, graduated as Diplom-Ingenieur (graduate engineer) 1990 - 1992 | Development engineer in the field of microelectronics at Siemens AG, Munich 1992 - 1994 | Sales engineer for export in the field of environmental technology at Pfister GmbH, Augsburg since June | 1994 Member of the European Parliament 1994 - 1999 | Spokesman for the Young People's Group of the European People's Party in the European Parliament 1996 - 1999 | Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU Group in the European Parliament 1999 - 2014 | Chairman of the CSU European Group in the European Parliament since 1999 | Member of the CSU party state board 1999 - 2005 | Chairman of the CSU in the district of Augsburg 2000 - 2021 | State Chairman of the Europa-Union Bavaria since 2005 | District Chairman of the CSU Swabia 2005 - 2014 | Member of the Executive Committee of the CSU since 2013 | Spokesman of the Parliamentary Group of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses in the European Parliament 2014 - 2018 | First Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament since 2018 | Coordinator of the EPP Group in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament since 2020 | Chairman of the Hanns Seidel Foundation since 2021 | Vice President of the Union of European Federalists (UEF)