Jens Kestner Explained

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.

Life and politics

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/K/520974-520974.
  2. Web site: JENS KESTNER - MdB - AfD Fraktion im Bundestag. JENS KESTNER - MdB - AfD Fraktion im Bundestag. de-DE. 2020-03-01.
  3. Web site: AfD Niedersachsen wählt Jens Kestner zu neuem Vorsitzenden. 12 September 2020.