Jörg Urban
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Jörg Urban | |
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Alternative For Germany in the Landtag of Saxony | |
| Assumed office 30 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Frauke Petry |
| Member of the Landtag of Saxony | |
| Assumed office 29 September 2014 | |
| Constituency | List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 4, 1964 Meissen, East Germany |
| Political party | Alternative for Germany |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | TU Dresden |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | National People's Army |
Jörg Urban (born 4 August 1964) is a German politician for the
Landtag of the Free State of Saxony since 2014. Under Urban's leadership, the Saxon AfD state association developed so strongly towards the right-wing, that the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution has classified and is monitoring the party as a "secure right-wing anti constitutional effort" in 2023. The party has been labeled as a Far-Right organization[1]
Career
Urban was born in 1964 in
Meißen. He completed three years of voluntary military service with the National People's Army and studied hydraulic engineering at the Dresden University of Technology.[2]
Urban was formerly affiliated with
German Pirate Party
.
In 2013, Urban became a member of the far-right AfD and runed for the
list seat. In 2017, he succeeded Frauke Petry as the leader of the AfD party in the state of Saxony and the leader of the AfD parliamentary group in the Landtag of Saxony.[5][6] After the 2019 elections, the AfD became the second largest party in the Saxon landtag, and Urban became the Leader of the Opposition
.
In March 2023 Urban stated that he aims to be top candidate for 2024 Saxony State election. AfD-federal chairmen Tino Chrupalla is supporting Urban.[7]
Personal life
Jörg Urban has lived in Dresden since 1986, is married, has three children.Non-denominational Christian.
References
- ^ LTO. "Sächsische AfD geht juristisch gegen Einstufung vor". Legal Tribune Online (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ Urban, Jorg. "CV". www.joerg-urban.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ Mueller, Wiebke (August 3, 2014). "Grüne-Liga-Chef will nichts mehr von den Grünen wissen". Bild.de. Bild.de. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ^ "Kreisvorstand". AfD-dd.de. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Rafael, Simone (August 16, 2019). "WER IST EIGENTLICH JÖRG URBAN?". belltower.news. belltower.news. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ^ a b "Jörg Urban: "Wir sehen uns im Fahrwasser von Donald Trump"". LVZ - Leipziger Volkszeitung. 22 July 2018.
- ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2024-01-04.