Permanent Secretary Johannes Wieczorek

Staatssekretär Johannes Wieczorek

Permanent Secretary for Urban Mobility and Transport

Professional Career

  • since June 05, 2024

    Permanent Secretary for Urban Mobility and Transport Berlin

  • 2015 – 2024

    Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport

    • Head of Directorate for Climate Change Mitigation in the Mobility Sector, Environmental Protection (2019 – 2024)
    • Head of Directorate for Policy Issues and Strategies for Passenger and Freight Transport (2016 – 2019)
    • Head of Task Force for the Berlin Brandenburg Airport (2015 – 2016)
  • 2009 – 2015

    CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German parliament

    • Head of the office of the Chief Whips Peter Altmaier (Member of the Bundestag) and Michael Grosse-Brömer (Member of the Bundestag) (2011 – 2015)
    • Working party on construction and urban development (2009 – 2011)
  • 2006 – 2009

    Federal Ministry for Transport, Construction and Urban Development

    • Head of Division for Goods Transport and Logistics
  • 2002 – 2006

    German Embassy in Washington DC

    • Head of Transport Division
  • 1998 – 2002

    Federal Ministry for Transport, Construction and Housing

    • Policy adviser in the Policy Department
  • 1996 – 1998

    Federal Ministry for Spatial Planning, Construction and Urban Development

    • Personal policy adviser to the federal ministers Prof. Dr Klaus Töpfer (Member of the Bundestag) and Eduard Oswald (Member of the Bundestag)
  • 1993 – 1996

    State Ministry in Saxony for the Environment and Regional Development

    • Policy adviser for regional development
  • 1991 – 1993

    Academy of Science and Literature, Mainz

    • Academic research associate
  • Basic military service

Education and Training

  • Master’s degree in Geography, University of Bonn