Marc Bernhard | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 February 1972 |
Nationality | German |
Political party | AfD |
Marc Bernhard (born 5 February 1972) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), and since 2017 member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body.
Bernhard was born 1972 in the west German town of Reutlingen and studied jurisprudence at the University of Augsburg and became lawyer. [1] He worked as CEO of an IT-company in Karlsruhe. [2]
Bernhard was member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union of Germany before he entered the than newly founded AfD in 2013. [3]
Since 2017 he is member of the Bundestag. [4]
Bernhard denies the scientific consensus on climate change. [5]
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