German Economy Minister, Peter Altmaier, took a bad fall on Tuesday as he was walking off a stage at a digital summit.
The incident happened after Altmaier gave the opening speech at the government-sponsored event in the north-western city of Dortmund.
A spokeswoman said he tripped on some stairs.
Peter Altmaier, the German Economy Minister
Paramedics attended to him as he lay on the floor, shielding him from view with a black sheet.
Emergency medics were joined by a doctor who was in the audience to give first aid to Altmaier, a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel after he fell from the stairs.
The room, where the event was taking place, was cleared of people.
An ambulance took Altmaier to a hospital shortly thereafter, sources told DPA.
They said he was conscious and had already thanked his doctors for the care they provided.
“A good, quick and complete recovery, dear Peter Altmaier,” his colleague, Europe minister Michael Roth, wrote on Twitter.
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A pro-European, Altmaier has been a strong advocate of Franco-German initiatives to help Europe’s traditional heavy industries respond to the challenge from digital upstarts from China and the United States.