Wolfram Weimer (born 1964) is a German politician and journalist. He served as editor-in-chief of Die Welt, Berliner Morgenpost and Focus, and founded the political and cultural magazine Cicero. In 2012 he and his wife, journalist and publisher Christiane Goetz-Weimer, founded the Weimer Media Group, which publishes several titles. Since May 2025 he has served as Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media under Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Career in publishing
After studies in history, economics and political science, Weimer worked as a business editor and correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and then as deputy and later editor-in-chief of Die Welt and the Berliner Morgenpost. In 2003 he proposed a new German political magazine, and Cicero was first published in April 2004, modelled on The New Yorker. In late 2009 he took over as editor-in-chief of the news magazine Focus. He has also been publisher of the magazine The European since 2015.
Political views
Weimer's political positions have been described as conservative, liberal-conservative and neoconservative. He advocates economic liberalism, a smaller government and extensive deregulation. He has written that Europe is in a phase of cultural decline and criticized multiculturalism, and he regards a return of religion positively, linking it closely with conservatism. His views have drawn public debate, and he was appointed to his government post after being announced by Merz in April 2025.