Martin Hess (politician)

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Martin Hess
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1971-01-11) 11 January 1971 (age 53)
Hechingen, West Germany
Political partyAfD

Martin Hess (born 11 January 1971) is a German politician for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.

Life and achievements[edit]

Hess was born 1971 in the West German township of Hechingen and became a police officer at the Baden-Württemberg Police.[1]

Hess entered the newly founded Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2013 and became a member of the Bundestag, the German federal law-making body in 2017.[2]

In February 2019 he lost a crucial vote at a state political convention (Landesparteitag) of the AfD in Baden-Württemberg against Dirk Spaniel.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag – Martin Hess".
  2. ^ "abgeordnetenwatch.de | Profil von Martin Hess, AfD – Bundestag". abgeordnetenwatch.de. December 2023.
  3. ^ "Intrige gegen Bundestagsabgeordneten erschüttert Südwest-AfD" [Intrigue against members of the Bundestag shakes Südwest-AfD]. Westfalen-Blatt (in German). 5 April 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2022.