Kai Wegner

Kai Wegner was born in Berlin-Spandau on September 15, 1972. In 1997, he completed his training as an insurance salesperson and worked with corporate clients for the next two years. Following that, he was employed by a family-owned construction company, where he acted as a member of the management board. He then worked as a business consultant.

In 1995, he was elected to the Spandau Borough Assembly. From 1999 to 2005, he was a member of the Berlin House of Representatives and both the deputy chair of his parliamentary group and its economic policy spokesperson. In 2005, Wegner was elected to the German Bundestag, where he was a member of the Business and Technology Committee. From 2009 to 2017, he chaired the Berlin group within the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) parliamentary group and was the commissioner for large cities from 2014 to 2017. From 2018 to 2021, Wegner chaired the CDU/CSU parliamentary group’s working group on construction, housing, urban development, and municipalities, in addition to his role as the parliamentary group’s spokesperson on construction policy.

In 1989, Wegner joined the CDU and their youth organisation, Junge Union, in Spandau. He held various offices in this context, such as chair of the Berlin CDU’s organization for high-school students, chair of the Spandau Junge Union, and, from 2000 to 2003, chair of the Berlin Junge Union. From 1998 to 2005, he acted as the deputy chair of the Spandau CDU and then, starting in 2005, chair of the Spandau CDU. From 2011 to 2016, he was secretary general of the Berlin CDU. In 2019, he was elected chair of the Berlin CDU.

Since April 27, 2023, Kai Wegner has been Governing Mayor of Berlin.

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