Since 6 May 2025
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation
Since 2022
Member of the national executive of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Germany
Since 2021
Deputy head of the expert commission on educational advancement (Fachkommission “Aufstieg”)
Since 2021
Member of the national executive of the Mittelstands- und Wirtschaftsunion (MIT) association of small and medium-sized enterprises
Head of the commission on digital affairs
2021 – 2025
CDU/Christian Social Union (CSU) parliamentary group spokesperson for education and research
Member of the Committee on Digital Affairs
2018 – 2021
Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Start-ups in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
2017 – 2021
Federal Government Coordinator for Aerospace
Since 2015
Deputy chair of the CDU in the Bergisches Land district (currently member of the district executive)
Since 2014
Chair of the CDU in the Düsseldorf district
Since 2009
Member of the German Bundestag, directly elected in District 106/Düsseldorf (also in the 2013, 2017 and 2021 elections)
Since 2007
Member of the state executive of the CDU of North Rhine-Westphalia
2005 – 2009
Member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia (District 42/Düsseldorf)
Media policy speaker of the CDU parliamentary group in the state parliament
Spokesperson of the group of young CDU members of the state parliament
1999 – 2005
Member of the Düsseldorf city council
2000 – 2006
Deputy chair of the CDU youth organisation Junge Union for the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia
1994 – 2001
Chair of the Junge Union in Düsseldorf
1993–intermediate exam (Vordiplom) 1996
Studied economics at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf
Since 1990
Member of the CDU
Born in Düsseldorf on 28 April 1973.