Stefan Jagsch

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Stefan Jagsch in 2017.

Stefan Jagsch (born 8 August 1986 in Hanau) is a German politician from the extreme-right National Democratic Party of Germany.

In September 2019 he was unanimously elected as representative of Waldsiedlung (Altenstadt, Hesse), [1] [2] which led to irritation in other parties at national level. [3] [4] He was eventually removed by the town council after it reversed its decision in a controversial plebiscite of seven to one among the eight members on the council; he was the sole dissenter. Jagsch has vowed to take legal action in response to the decision to remove him from the town council. [5]

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References

  1. WELT (7 September 2019). "Stefan Jagsch: NPD-Politiker einstimmig zum Ortsvorsteher gewählt" . Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. Leubecher, Marcel (8 September 2019). "Hessen: CDU und SPD wollen Wahl des NPD-Funktionärs "korrigieren"" . Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. Dikov, Ivan (7 September 2019). "Far-Right Politician's Election as Town Council Head Shocks Germany's Mainstream Parties". European Views. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  4. "Germany: Merkel party colleagues elect far-right extremist to local council | DW | 7 September 2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  5. "Germany: neo-Nazi politician voted out of town council". DW.COM. Retrieved 23 October 2019.