Tobias Gotthardt was born on June 3, 1977, in Regensburg and grew up in Burglengenfeld and Kallmünz. After completing his high school education and studying political science in Regensburg and Freiburg, he initially worked as a parliamentary assistant and head of office in the European Parliament and the German Bundestag.

After his election to the Bavarian State Parliament in 2018, he assumed the chairmanship of the Committee for Federal and European Affairs. In addition, in 2021, he was appointed as deputy and then acting chairman of the Committee of Education and Culture. At the same time, he was the federal, European, education and youth policy spokesman of the FREIE WÄHLER parliamentary group.

After his re-election, Tobias Gotthardt was appointed Vice Minister and member of the Bavarian State Government in 2023.