Jens Kestner | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MdB a.D. |
Office1: | Leader of the Alternative for Germany in Lower Saxony |
1Namedata1: | Nicolas Lehrke |
Deputy2: | Christopher Emden |
Term Start1: | 12 September 2020 |
Predecessor2: | Dana Guth |
Office3: | Member of the Bundestag for Lower Saxony |
Term Start3: | 24 October 2017 |
Term End3: | 26 October 2021 |
Predecessor3: | multi-member district |
Successor3: | Dirk Brandes |
Constituency3: | Alternative for Germany list |
Birth Date: | 25 December 1971 |
Nationality: | German |
Jens Kestner (born 25 December 1971) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.
Kestner was born 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 is chairman of the federal state party organisation of the AfD in Lower Saxony.[3]