Thomas Jarzombek
Thomas Jarzombek | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2009 | |
Preceded by | Hildegard Müller |
Personal details | |
Born | Düsseldorf, West Germany (now Germany) | 28 April 1973
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]
Early life and education
Jarzombek briefly studied
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
In 2021, Jarzombek announced his candidacy to succeed Carsten Linnemann as chair of MIT, the pro-business wing in the CDU/CSU;[5] he ultimately lost an internal vote against Gitta Connemann.[6]
Since the 2021 elections, Jarzombek has been a member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment and the Committee on Digitization.[7]
In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the CDU and Green Party under Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Jarzombek led his party's delegation in the working group on education.[8]
Other activities
- Stiftung Lesen, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)[9]
- Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy, Member of the Board of Trustees[10]
- Quadriga Hochschule Berlin, Member of the advisory board on Politics and Public Affairs[11]
- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board
- KfW Capital, Member of the advisory board (2018–2022)
Political positions
In June 2017, Jarzombek voted against Germany's introduction of
References
- ^ "Thomas Jarzombek | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Jarzombek". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag – Transport and Digital Infrastructure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, press release of 11 April 2018.
- ^ Daniel Delhaes (9 December 2021), Machtkampf ist entbrannt: Gitta Connemann und Thomas Jarzombek wollen Mittelstandsunion führen Handelsblatt.
- ^ Hermann-Josef Mammes (11 December 2021), Nachfolgerin von Carsten Linnemann: CDU-Abgeordnete Gitta Connemann neue MIT-Bundesvorsitzende Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
- ^ Thomas Jarzombek Bundestag.
- ^ Maximilian Plück (30 May 2022), Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die CDU Rheinische Post.
- ^ Board of Trustees Stiftung Lesen.
- ^ Board of Trustees Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy.
- ^ Advisory Board on Politics and Public Affairs Quadriga Hochschule Berlin.
- ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, 30 June 2017.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)