Thomas Jarzombek is from Düsseldorf and has been politically active for more than 25 years. He was a member of the City Council of Düsseldorf, as well as a member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 2009, he has been a member of the German Bundestag. From 2014-2018 he was the spokesperson of the CDU/CSU-parliamentary group in the Digital Agenda Committee of the Bundestag. He was also a member of the Transportation and Digital Infrastructure Committee from 2009-2021. From 2018-2021 he was the Commissioner for Digital Economy and Startups within the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy. Currently he is the spokesperson of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group for Education, Research and Technology Assessment and a member of the Digital Committee. Mr Jarzombek has been Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Digital and State Modernization since 6 May 2025.
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