Mario Mieruch
Mario Mieruch | |
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![]() Mario Mieruch, 2019 | |
Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 August 1975 |
Nationality | German |
Mario Mieruch (born 16 August 1975) is a German politician, elected to the Bundestag in September 2017 as a member of Alternative for Germany. He left the party's parliamentary bloc the following month.
Life[]
Mieruch was born in Magdeburg. After compulsory military service, he completed a degree in mechatronics and has worked in industrial automation since 2000.[1]
Political career[]
Mieruch was part of Wahlalternative 2013 and then became a founding member of Alternative for Germany.[1] He was elected to the Bundestag on the party list in the September 2017 election.[1][2] The following month, he followed the party leader Frauke Petry in leaving its parliamentary bloc to become an independent on grounds that it was failing to distance itself from right-wing extremist elements, in particular Björn Höcke.[2][3][4]
Personal life[]
He lives in Metelen and has been married for twenty years.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Mario Mieruch" (in German). Alternative für Deutschland North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- ^ a b Bernd Schlusemann (2017-10-05). "Wahlkreiskandidat: Mario Mieruch verlässt die AfD-Fraktion im Bundestag". MünsterlandZeitung (in German). Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- ^ "Bundestag: Weiterer Abgeordneter verlässt AfD-Fraktion". Die Zeit (in German). 2017-10-04. ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Far-right German lawmaker quits over colleague's Nazi guilt remark". The Times of Israel. AFP. 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
External links[]
- Official biography at Bundestag (in German)
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Magdeburg
- People from Bezirk Magdeburg
- Alternative for Germany politicians
- Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
- Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany