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Christian Wirth (politician)

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Christian Wirth
Wirth in 2019
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1963-04-27) 27 April 1963 (age 61)
NationalityGerman
Political partyAfD

Christian Wirth (born 27 April 1963) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.

Life and politics

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Wirth was born 1963 in the West German town of Neunkirchen and studied jurisprudence in order to become a lawyer.[1] Wirth entered the populist AfD in 2015 and became a member of the bundestag after the 2017 German federal election.[2] He was member of the academic fencing fraternity 'Burschenschaft Normannia zu Heidelberg' [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Dr. Christian Wirth". bundestag.de. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Dr. Christian Wirth - Alternative für Deutschland". afd.de. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Die AfD-Einzelfälle der Woche: Ein rechter Burschenschafter und ein Neonazi-Sympathisant". VICE. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2019.