Jens Maier | |
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| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-02-10)10 February 1962 (age 64) |
| Nationality | German |
| Party | AfD |
Jens Maier (born 10 February 1962 inBremen)[1] is a German judge and politician forAlternative for Germany. TheSaxon Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies him as aright-wing extremist. As of March 24, 2022, he is barred from the bench.[2]
Before becoming a judge at theLandesgericht inDresden, Maier studied law at theUniversity of Tübingen and held various positions in public administration.[1]
He became a member of theBundestag after the2017 German federal election for Saxony.[3] He was a member ofDer Flügel, the extremist wing of the Alternative for Germany.[4] This led to theLandesamt für Verfassungsschutz Sachsen classifying him as a far-right extremist.[4]
Maierlost his seat in the2021 German federal election.[3] After leaving the Bundestag, Jens Maier applied in February 2022 to return as a judge in the civil service of the Saxon judiciary. Because of his radical right-wing activities, there was considerable public doubt that Maier, as a judge, would judge "without regard to the person".[5] The Saxon Minister of JusticeKatja Meier (Alliance 90/The Greens) announced that there was a claim and that "Mr. Maier would be returned to the judicial service as a district judge at theDippoldiswalde district court with effect from March 14, 2022". However, she also submitted an application for retirement under Section 31 Deutsches Richtergesetz (German judge law).[6] On March 24, 2022, the Landgericht Leipzig barred him from returning to the bench for the time being (until a decision is taken on the further application for retirement in the interests of justice) because "[i]t was obvious that Maier would conduct his office as an "AfD judge" and would thus no longer comply with the legal model of an independent and objective judge."[2]
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