Steffen Janich | |
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| Member of theBundestag forSaxony | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Frauke Petry |
| Constituency | Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1971-01-22)22 January 1971 (age 54) |
| Political party | CDU(before 2013) AfD(2013–present) |
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Steffen Janich (born 22 January 1971) is a German politician forAlternative for Germany (AfD). He has been a member of the GermanBundestag since 2021 and represents the constituency ofSächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge.[1]
Janich graduated from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Polytechnic inPirna and became a police officer.[2] He was a member of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) until 2013 after which he joined the newly formedAfD. In the2021 German federal election, he ran both as a list candidate inSaxony and as a direct candidate for the constituency of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, which had previously been represented by former AfD leaderFrauke Petry. With a 33% share of the vote and a 13.8% lead over Corinna Franke-Wöller (CDU), the wife of Saxony Interior MinisterRoland Wöller, he won the direct mandate as a member of the German Bundestag.[2][3]
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