Mario Mieruch

Mario Mieruch
Mario Mieruch, 2019
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 October 2017
Personal details
Born	(1975-08-16) 16 August 1975 (age 49)
Nationality	German

Mario Mieruch (born 16 August 1975) is a German politician, elected to the Bundestag in September 2017 as a member of Alternative for Germany. He left the party's parliamentary bloc the following month.

Life

Mieruch was born in Magdeburg. After compulsory military service, he completed a degree in mechatronics and has worked in industrial automation since 2000. ^[1]

Political career

Mieruch was part of Wahlalternative 2013 and then became a founding member of Alternative for Germany. ^[1] He was elected to the Bundestag on the party list in the September 2017 election. ^{[1] [2]} The following month, he followed the party leader Frauke Petry in leaving its parliamentary bloc to become an independent on grounds that it was failing to distance itself from right-wing extremist elements, in particular Björn Höcke. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Personal life

He lived in Metelen at the time when he left the AfD in 2017. ^[5]

References

1. "Mario Mieruch" (in German). Alternative für Deutschland North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
2. Bernd Schlusemann (5 October 2017). "Wahlkreiskandidat: Mario Mieruch verlässt die AfD-Fraktion im Bundestag". MünsterlandZeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2017.
3. "Bundestag: Weiterer Abgeordneter verlässt AfD-Fraktion". Die Zeit (in German). 4 October 2017. ISSN   0044-2070 . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
4. "Far-right German lawmaker quits over colleague's Nazi guilt remark". The Times of Israel. AFP. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
5. "Abgeordneter Mario Mieruch aus Metelen verlässt AfD-Bundestagsfraktion" [Member of parliament Mario Mieruch from Metelen leaves AfD Bundestag group]. www.wn.de (in German). 4 October 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2025.

External links

• Official biography at Bundestag (in German)