Steffen Janich
Steffen Janich | |
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Born | Pirna, East Germany | 22 January 1971
Nationality | German |
Political party | CDU (before 2013) AfD (2013–present) |
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Steffen Janich (born January 22, 1971) is a German politician for Alternative for Germany. He has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2021 and represents the constituency of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge.[1]
Janich graduated from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Polytechnic in Pirna and became a police officer.[2] He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union until 2013 after which he joined the newly formed AfD. In the 2021 German federal election, he ran both as a list candidate in Saxony and as a direct candidate for the constituency of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, which had previously been represented by former AfD leader Frauke Petry. With a 33% share of the vote and a 13.8% lead over Corinna Franke-Wöller (CDU), the wife of Saxony Interior Minister , he won the direct mandate as a member of the German Bundestag.[2][3]
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- German politician stubs
- Living people
- 1971 births
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
- Alternative for Germany politicians
- Members of the Bundestag for Saxony
- Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany
- Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
- People from Pirna