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| Born | (1967-02-12)12 February 1967 (age 58)[1] |
| Political party | AfD |
Thomas Eckhard Dietz (born 2 March 1967) is a German politician and a member of theBundestag forAlternative for Germany. He represents the constituency ofErzgebirgskreis I.
Dietz was born inChemnitz (then calledKarl-Marx-Stadt) in the formerEast Germany, and grew up inLugau.[2] After graduating from high school, he became an apprentice printer. He worked in the printing industry for twenty years before founding a real estate business.[1]
He started his political career as a member of theGerman Social Union (DSU) party in the 1990s founded a branch of the party inStollberg.[2] He then became a member ofElectoral Alternative 2013 which later becameAlternative for Germany. Between 2017 and 2021, he worked for the office of AfD politicianUlrich Oehme. In the2021 German federal election, Dietz was directly elected to the constituency seat ofErzgebirgskreis I defeating CDU politicianAlexander Krauß.[3]
Dietz describes himself as aconservative liberal and cites his opposition to theeurozone as motivating him to join the AfD.[2][4] In the area of energy policy, Dietz opposes the construction of new wind turbines. Instead, he advocates the use of nuclear energy and advocates research into dual-fluid reactors to solve repository issues. In terms of asylum policy, Dietz advocates local support for refugees and rejects what he describes as uncontrolled immigration to Germany.[2]
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