Volker Münz Explained

Volker Münz
Office:Member of the Bundestag
Term Start:24 October 2017
Term End:2021
Birth Date:8 August 1964
Birth Place:Verden (Aller)
Party:AfD
Nationality:German
Termstart2:16 July 2024

Volker Münz (born 8 August 1964 in Verden (Aller)) is a German banker and politician (Alternative for Germany). He is member of the nationalist wing Der Flügel and from 2017 to 2021 member of German Bundestag.

Münz worked in a bank and studied economic science at Universität Hannover. His last position was head of a department in Hypovereinsbank.[1] [2]

Volker Münz spoke in the summer of 2019 against a candidacy of the Thuringia parliamentary leader Björn Höcke as federal chairman of AfD. He feared a consolidation of polarization within AfD, if the prominent representative of the national wing came on the federal executive committee. "We do not need any sharp comments, we also do not need an inappropriate style." He criticized Höcke's style at the Kyffhäuser meeting. There, he had massively attacked the AfD Federal Board and asked his critics to leave the party. "He talks about unity, but he splits," said Münz in 2019.[3]

In July 2024, he returned to the Bundestag, replacing Marc Jongen.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.swp.de/goeppingen/lokales/goeppingen/ein-afd-mann-der-ersten-stunde-15698297.html Volker Münz ist AfD-Mann der ersten Stunde.
  2. Karen Schnebeck: Die Angst des Mittelstands und ihr Gesicht. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung. 25 August 2017, retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. Web site: Parteiinterne AfD-Kritik an Höcke - "Er redet von Einheit, aber er spaltet". de-DE.
  4. Web site: Deutscher Bundestag - Volker Münz . 2024-07-24 . Deutscher Bundestag . de.