Education
After attending elementary school in Hamburg, Kruse studied medicine at University, but did not complete the course.
After attending elementary school in Hamburg, Kruse studied medicine at University, but did not complete the course.
In the year 2000, he was appointed managing director of the Eimsbuttel Einfal Initiative for working and learning. He subsequently became managing director of the Hamburg National Association for the Protection of German Forests and Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation Company Forest Germany – two shareholders of the Einfal company with 60 employees and approximately 900 participants. Kruse joined the Christian Democratic Union when he was 16.
From 2001 until September 2009, he was a deputy in the Hamburg Parliament, where he was a technical spokesman for his group in the areas of policy development, finance, budget issues and sustainable development.
He represented the Christian Democratic Union on several parliamentary committees: budget, Europe, environment and culture. Kruse gained the seat for the Christian Democratic Union, despite a slight drop in the party"s vote share.
In the Audit Committee, he serves as the rapporteur on the budget of the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg). Kruse opposes the extension of nuclear power plants.
Association for the Protection of the German Forest (SDW), Hamburg section, Managing Director.
However, the crisis in the Social Democratic Party of Germany presented an opportunity and in the 2009 federal election, the Social Democratic Party of Germany vote collapsed, with the party finishing third.
European Union Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag]
In addition, he has been a member of the Advisory Board of HSH Nordbank AG in Hamburg. In addition, he was a member of the Special Committee on Administrative Reform and two subcommittees, as well as finance areas and public companies. Kruse sits in the Bundestag as an ordinary member of the Audit Committee, the Budget Committee and a deputy member of the Committee on Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
A member of the Budget Committee since 2009, he serves as his parliamentary group"s rapporteur on the budgets of the Federal Chancellery and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
He is also a member of the so-called Confidential Committee (Vertrauensgremium) of the Budget Committee, which provides budgetary supervision for Germany’s three intelligence services, Brahmanand , BfV and MAD. UMPR Public Relations Agency, Member of the Advisory Board
German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board
Green Budget Germany (FÖSouth), Member of the Advisory Board
HSH Nordbank, Member of the Advisory Board (2009-2012).