Member of the German Parliament, 2017–2022 Mohrs became a member of the Bundestag in the
2017 German federal election. He was a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy and the Committee on the Digital Agenda. In this capacity, he served as his parliamentary group’s
rapporteur on the
digital economy and
5G. In addition to his committee assignments, Mohrs was part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Central African States. In the negotiations to form a so-called
traffic light coalition of the SPD, the
Green Party and the
Free Democrats (FDP) following the
2021 German elections, Mohrs was part of his party's delegation in the working group on digital innovation and infrastructure, co-chaired by
Jens Zimmermann,
Malte Spitz and
Andreas Pinkwart.
Career in state government In the negotiations to form a
third cabinet under
Minister-President of Lower Saxony Stephan Weil following the
2022 state elections, Mohrs was part of the leadership team of his party's delegation. He was later appointed
State Minister for Science and Culture in the new state government. In his capacity as minister, Mohrs has been chairing the
Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) since 2023. In the negotiations to form a
Grand Coalition under the leadership of
Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (
CDU together with the Bavarian
CSU) and the SPD following the
2025 German elections, Moors was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on education, research and innovation, led by
Karin Prien,
Katrin Staffler and
Oliver Kaczmarek. ==Other activities==