Jacob Schrot

Jacob Schrot is a German civil servant who served as chief of staff to chancellor Friedrich Merz from 2025 to 2026. He concurrently served as chief of staff of the Federal Security Council from 2025 to 2026. From 2022 to 2025, he served as chief of staff to Merz as leader of the opposition. During the 2021 federal election, he served as advisor to Armin Laschet. He previously served as chief of staff to Stephan Harbarth and worked for Jan Hecker. While staying in the United States, he worked for Eliot Engel and the German Marshall Fund, and served as president of the Federation of German-American Clubs. In 2009, he won the political talent show Ich kann Kanzler!, broadcast on ZDF.