Thomas Jarzombek
Thomas Jarzombek | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2009 | |
Preceded by | Hildegard Müller |
Personal details | |
Born | (1973-04-28) 28 April 1973 (age 48) Düsseldorf, West Germany (now Germany) |
Nationality | German |
Political party | CDU |
Thomas Jarzombek (born 28 April 1973) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2009.[1]
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Early life and education[]
Jarzombek briefly studied business administration at the University of Düsseldorf but dropped out early to start his own IT service business in 1996.
Political career[]
Career in state politics[]
From 2005 until 2009, Jarzombek served as a member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. During that time, he was his parliamentary group's spokesperson on media policy.
Member of the German Parliament, 2009–present[]
Jarzombek first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election.[2] He has since been a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure.[3] He has also served on the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (2009-2013) and the Committee on the Digital Agenda (2013-2017).
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Jarzombek was part of the working group on digital policy, led Helge Braun, Dorothee Bär and Lars Klingbeil. With the formation of the new government, he was appointed Commissioner for the Digital Industry and Start-ups and Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.[4]
Other activities[]
- KfW Capital, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2018)
- Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy, Member of the Board of Trustees[5]
- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board
Political positions[]
In June 2017, Jarzombek voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Thomas Jarzombek | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Thomas Jarzombek". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Transport and Digital Infrastructure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ New Commissioners and Coordinators for SMEs, Tourism, German Aerospace Policy and Maritime Industry Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, press release of April 11, 2018.
- ^ Board of Trustees Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy.
- ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
External links[]
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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