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A native of Moormerland, East Frisia, Eekhoff studied economics at the Saarland University, Philadelphia University, and Ruhr University Bochum. He earned his Ph.D. from Ruhr University Bochum in 1971, and his Habilitation from Saarland University in 1979. Between 1991 and 1993 he served as state secretary under Federal Ministers Jürgen Möllemann and Günter Rexrodt.