Senate prepares dismissal of State Secretary Hundt

The Berlin State Secretary for Digitization Matthias Hundt has withdrawn his request for dismissal - but is still to vacate his post. "The Senate is preparing the dismissal and wants to decide on it on Tuesday," Senate spokeswoman Christine Richter told the German Press Agency. RBB had initially reported this.

Because he has withdrawn his request for dismissal, Hundt is entitled to a transitional allowance. The sum corresponds to six times his monthly salary, i.e. around 72,000 euros, Richter said.

What the lawyer says about the reasons

Hundt's lawyer said on Friday evening: "My client is no longer asking for his dismissal for two reasons: Firstly, he was very annoyed by the rumor, which was obviously deliberately spread, that he had merely pre-empted his dismissal with his announced offer of resignation. The client expected that the media campaign against him would come to an end with his resignation offer. Unfortunately, this hope was dashed."

But above all, the allegations made against him are unfounded. "SDC Sachsen Digital Consulting GmbH is now being audited by the German Pension Insurance Association to clarify whether there are any outstanding contribution claims. The client bears no responsibility for the insolvency of Humboldt Capture Germany GmbH. He was never a shareholder there, only an external managing director, and only until the fall of 2024."

Prior to this, research by MDR and RBB revealed that the Dresden public prosecutor's office was investigating the insolvency of one of Hundt's companies. According to the Dresden public prosecutor's office, insolvency proceedings were opened for the assets of Hundt's consulting company SDC Sachsen Digital Consulting GmbH on November 25, 2025.

First started in Berlin in mid-March

Dresden-born Hundt, born in 1969, was only appointed Chief Digital Officer and State Secretary for Digitalization and Administrative Modernization in the Berlin Senate Chancellery in mid-March. He succeeded Martina Klement, who moved to the Brandenburg state government as Minister of Economic Affairs.