CV

• Born on 19 April 1978 in Bamberg

• 1996
  High school diploma in Grayslake, Illinois

• 1999
  Abitur (university entrance qualification) in Bamberg, 

• 1999 to 2005
  Degree in political science in Munich and Berlin

• Since 2001
  Member of the CSU Party Executive

• 2001 to 2003
  State Chair of the Association of Christian Democratic Students in Bavaria

• Since 2002
  Member of the Bundestag

• 2009 to 2013
  Deputy Secretary General of the CSU

• 2013 to 2018
  Parliamentary Secretary of State to the Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure

• 2018 to 2021 
  Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor and Federal Government Commissioner for Digitalisation

• 2021 to 2025
  Deputy Chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• Since 6 May 2025
  Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space