Governments
Karsten Wildberger
Bundesminister für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung
Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung (BMDS) · Germany · in the role since
Role in AI policy
Germany's Federal Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation since 6 May 2025, whose ministry led the federal law implementing the EU AI Act (KI-Marktüberwachungs- und Innovationsförderungsgesetz). The ministry describes the design as relying on existing authorities rather than a new one, pooling expertise at the Federal Network Agency, with an AI service desk for SMEs and start-ups and a regulatory sandbox. In a Bundestag speech on 20 March 2026 he argued for innovation-friendly regulation and for extending the EU deadlines for high-risk AI.
Related laws and policies on record
Public statements in the role
- Bundesdigitalminister zur EU-KI-Verordnung Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung
- Neues KI-Gesetz tritt in Kraft BMDS