Awards & Recognition
★Appointed to Deutsche Bundesbank Executive Board in 2024
★Federal Government Commissioner for Rail Transport
★Parliamentary State Secretary position
★Member of European Parliament (2009-2017)
★FDP Baden-Württemberg party leader since 2013
Notable Facts
→Member of Deutsche Bundesbank Executive Board since September 2024
→Former Parliamentary State Secretary at Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (2021-2024)
→FDP party leader in Baden-Württemberg since 2013
→Former Member of European Parliament (2009-2017)
→Former Mayor of Horb am Neckar (1995-2009) - became youngest mayor in Germany at age 28
→Economics graduate from University of Tübingen
→Born January 12, 1967 in Tübingen, Germany
→Has extensive political career spanning local, state, federal, and European levels