Mario Mieruch
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Mario Mieruch | |
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| Born | (1975-08-16) 16 August 1975 (age 50) |
Mario Mieruch (born 16 August 1975) is a German politician, elected to the Bundestag in September 2017 as a member of Alternative for Germany. He left the party's parliamentary bloc the following month.
Mieruch was born in Magdeburg. After compulsory military service, he completed a degree in mechatronics and has worked in industrial automation since 2000.[1]
Political career
Mieruch was part of Wahlalternative 2013 and then became a founding member of Alternative for Germany.[1] He was elected to the Bundestag on the party list in the September 2017 election.[1][2] The following month, he followed the party leader Frauke Petry in leaving its parliamentary bloc to become an independent on grounds that it was failing to distance itself from right-wing extremist elements, in particular Björn Höcke.[2][3][4]
Personal life
References
- 1 2 3 "Mario Mieruch" (in German). Alternative für Deutschland North Rhine-Westphalia. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- 1 2 Bernd Schlusemann (5 October 2017). "Wahlkreiskandidat: Mario Mieruch verlässt die AfD-Fraktion im Bundestag". MünsterlandZeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ↑ "Bundestag: Weiterer Abgeordneter verlässt AfD-Fraktion". Die Zeit (in German). 4 October 2017. ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ↑ "Far-right German lawmaker quits over colleague's Nazi guilt remark". The Times of Israel. AFP. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ↑ "Abgeordneter Mario Mieruch aus Metelen verlässt AfD-Bundestagsfraktion" [Member of parliament Mario Mieruch from Metelen leaves AfD Bundestag group]. www.wn.de (in German). 4 October 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
External links
- Official biography at Bundestag (in German)
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