Nathanael Liminski

Nathanael Liminski was born in Bonn and grew up with seven older and two younger siblings in Sankt Augustin in a catholic family that is closely associated with the lay organization Opus Dei.

[1] He gained attention as the voice of the Generation Benedict, a group of young pope-loyal and conservative Catholics, which Liminski co-founded in the wake of the World Youth Day 2005.

Since 31 August 2017, Liminski is also responsible for the field of media politics in the state government, due to the problem of possible bias of the former WAZ-partner Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner, who was intended for this office, was discussed publicly.

[10] Liminski also arranged the ultimately successful candidacy of Laschet and the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn, with whom he has been friends since their time together in the Young Union, in the CDU chairmanship in 2020/21.

After Laschet moved to the Bundestag in Berlin, Liminski stayed in office as State Secretary in North Rhine-Westphalia in the First Wüst cabinet.

After the election, Liminski became Minister for Federal, European and International Affairs and Media in the Second Wüst cabinet, but also retained his post as Head of State Chancellery.