Andreas Scheuer is Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure of Germany since March 2018. He studied political science, economics and sociology at Passau University, graduating with the degree of Magister Artium in 2001. In 2004 he got an award of a doctorate by the Charles University in Prague. Mr Scheuer has been Member of the German Bundestag since 2002. From 2009 to 2013 he was Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development and Federal Government Coordinator for Freight Transport and Logistics. From December 2013 to March 2018 he was Secretary-General of the Christian Social Union (CSU).