Jens Kestner
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Jens Kestner MdB a.D. | |
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Leader of the Alternative for Germany in Lower Saxony | |
Assumed office 12 September 2020 | |
General Secretary | Nicolas Lehrke |
Deputy | Christopher Emden |
Preceded by | Dana Guth |
Member of the Bundestag for Lower Saxony | |
In office 24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | multi-member district |
Succeeded by | Dirk Brandes |
Constituency | Alternative for Germany list |
Personal details | |
Born | Northeim, West Germany (now Germany) | 25 December 1971
Political party | Alternative for Germany (2014–) |
Other political affiliations | Christian Democratic Union (2000) |
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Website | Official Bundestag website |
Jens Kestner (born 25 December 1971) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.
Life and politics
Kestner was born 1971 in the West German town of Northeim and became a funeral director.[1] In 2014 Kestner entered the newly founded populist AfD and became after the 2017 German federal election member of the Bundestag.[2] Since 2020 Kestner is chairman of the federal state party organisation of the AfD in Lower Saxony.[3]
References
- ^ https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/K/520974-520974. Archived 2019-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "JENS KESTNER - MdB - AfD Fraktion im Bundestag". JENS KESTNER - MdB - AfD Fraktion im Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ "AfD Niedersachsen wählt Jens Kestner zu neuem Vorsitzenden". 12 September 2020.
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