CV

• Born on 7 January 1965 in Straubing

• 1971 to 1980
  Primary and secondary school in Haibach

• 1980 to 1983
  Training to become a butcher

• 1983 to 1984
  Basic military service

• 1986
  Mastership examination to become a master butcher

• 1987 
  Took over the family business

• Since 1989
  Member of the CSU

• 1996
  Elected mayor of the community of Haibach

• Since 2002
  Straubing-Bogen district council 

• Since 2005
  District Chair of the union of medium-sized businesses

• Since 2009
  District Chair of the Local Government Association of Lower Bavaria (KPV)

• Since 2013
  Chair of the Area Traffic Watch in Bogen

• Since 2013
  Member of the Bundestag

• 2018 to 2019
  Budgetary and financial speaker of the CSU in the Bundestag

• 2019 bis 2021
  Transport policy speaker in the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag 

• 2021 to 2025
  Chair of the Finance Committee in the Bundestag

• Since 6 May 2025 
  Federal Minister of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity