Falko Mohrs

Falko Mohrs (born 23 July 1984) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as State Minister for Science and Culture in the government of Lower Saxony since 2022. He previously was a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony from 2017 to 2022.[1]

Falko Mohrs
Mohrs in 2017
Lower Saxony Minister for Science and Culture
Assumed office
8 November 2022
Preceded byBjörn Thümler
Member of the Bundestag
In office
2017–2022
Preceded byGünter Lach
Succeeded byAlexander Bartz
Personal details
Born (1984-07-23) 23 July 1984
Wolfsburg, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySPD

Political career

Member of the German Parliament, 2017–2022

Mohrs became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election.[2] He was a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy and the Committee on the Digital Agenda.[3][4] In this capacity, he served as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on the digital economy and 5G.[5]

In addition to his committee assignments, Mohrs was part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Central African States.

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, Mohrs was part of his party's delegation in the working group on digital innovation and infrastructure, co-chaired by Jens Zimmermann, Malte Spitz and Andreas Pinkwart.[6]

Career in state government

In the negotiations to form a third cabinet under Minister-President of Lower Saxony Stephan Weil following the 2022 state elections, Mohrs was part of the leadership team of his party's delegation.[7] He was later appointed State Minister for Science and Culture in the new state government.[8]

In his capacity as minister, Mohrs has been chairing the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) since 2023.[9]

Other activities

Personal life

Mohrs is gay.[17]

References
  1. "Falko Mohrs | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. "Falko Mohrs, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 25 September 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. "German Bundestag - Economic Affairs and Energy". German Bundestag. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. "German Bundestag - Digital Agenda". German Bundestag. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  5. Moritz Koch and Stephan Scheuer (June 3, 2020), Netzausrüster Telefónica verzichtet auf Huawei im 5G-Kernnetz Handelsblatt.
  6. Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  7. SPD und Grüne nehmen Koalitions-Verhandlungen auf Norddeutscher Rundfunk, 13 October 2022.
  8. Das rot-grüne Kabinett: Ministerinnen und Minister vereidigt Norddeutscher Rundfunk, 8 November 2022.
  9. Falko Mohrs übernimmt Vorsitz der Kulturministerkonferenz State Government of Lower Saxony, press release of 16 January 2023.
  10. Board of Trustees Braunschweigische Stiftung.
  11. Kabinett entsendet Falko Mohrs in den Stiftungsrat der „Kulturstiftung der Länder“ und in den Senat der „Stiftung Niedersachsen“ State Government of Lower Saxony, press release of 6 December 2022.
  12. Supervisory Board Niedersächsische Staatstheater Hannover.
  13. Board of Trustees Norddeutsche Landesbank.
  14. Board of Trustees Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
  15. Board of Trustees Stiftung Lesen.
  16. Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , press release of July 1, 2020.
  17. David Römhild (2 February 2023), Minister Falko Mohrs: Rote Socken und reichlich Baustellen Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
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