Joe Chialo

Joe Chialo
Chialo in 2024
Senator for Culture and Social Cohesion
Assumed office
27 April 2023
Governing MayorKai Wegner
Preceded byKlaus Lederer (as Senator for Culture and Europe)
Personal details
Born (1970-07-18) 18 July 1970
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political partyCDU (since 2016)
Other political
affiliations
Alliance 90/The Greens (1990s)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Erlangen–Nuremberg (dropped out)
OccupationSingerPolitician

Joseph "Joe" Chialo (born 18 July 1970) is a German music manager, politician (CDU) and singer who has been serving as State Minister (Senator) for Culture and Social Cohesion in the government of Governing Mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner since 2023. On 2 May 2025, Chialo announced his resignation as State Minister, citing the far-reaching cuts in the cultural sector in Berlin as the reason.