Jens Kestner
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Jens Kestner MdB a.D. | |
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Kestner in 2019 | |
| 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 | 25 December 1971 |
| 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
[edit]Kestner was born in 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 has been chairman of the federal state party organisation of the AfD in Lower Saxony.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.