Thomas Jarzombek

Thomas Jarzombek was born in Düsseldorf and has been active in politics for more than 25 years. He served as a member of the Düsseldorf City Council and as a member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 2009, he has been a Member of the German Bundestag. From 2013 to 2018, he acted as the spokesperson for the Digital Agenda of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. Between 2018 and 2021, Thomas Jarzombek served as the Federal Government Coordinator for Aerospace, and from 2019 to 2021, as the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs’ Representative for the Digital Economy and Start-ups. Most recently, from 2021 to 2025, he was the spokesperson for Education and Research of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group and a member of the Committee on Digital Affairs. Since May 2025, he has served as Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation.