Michael Theurer Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank
born 1967 in Tübingen, Germany
Professional career
Since September 2024
Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank
2022 – 2024
Federal Government Commissioner for Rail Transport
2021 – 2024
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
(key areas: railways, environment, Europe)
2017 – 2024
Member of the Bundestag
2013 – 2024
Committee member of the FDP federal party
2013 – 2024
State Chairman of the FDP Baden-Württemberg
2017 – 2021
Vice-Chair of the FDP Bundestag parliamentary group
2009 – 2017
Member of the European Parliament
2011 – 2014
Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control
2003 – 2011
Member of the federal executive of the FDP
2006 – 2009
Vice-Chair of the FDP/DVP state parliamentary group
2001 – 2009
Member of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg
1995 – 209
Lord Mayor of the city of Horb am Neckar
Education
1995
Degree in economics at the University of Tübingen
1988 – 1990
Editorial trainee and local editor at regional daily newspaper “Schwarzwälder Bote”
1986 – 1987
Basic military service with the 25th Airborne Brigade in Calw