CV

• Born on 7 June 1970 in Peißenberg

• 1989  
  Abitur (university entrance qualification) at Gymnasium Weilheim

• 1989 to 1995 
  Studied sociology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, graduating as a qualified sociologist

• 1996 to 2005
  Commercial manager of a mechanical engineering company, managing director from 2001 onwards

• 1996 to 2011
  Member of the market town council of Peißenberg

• 1996 to 2018
  Member of the Weilheim-Schongau district council

• 2009 to 2013
  Secretary General of the CSU

• Since 2002
  Member of the Bundestag 

• 2005 to 2008
  Transport policy speaker in the CSU state group

• November 2008 to February 2009 
  Chair of the education and research working group of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• 2013 to 2017
  Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure 

• 2017 to 2025
  Chair of the CSU state group and vice chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• Since 6 May 2025
  Federal Minister of the Interior