Uwe Witt

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Uwe Witt
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Witt in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1959-10-01) 1 October 1959 (age 65)
Witten, West Germany
Political party Bündnis Deutschland (since Dec 2024)
Independent (Aug 2022–Dec 2024)
Centre Party (Jan–Aug 2022)
AfD (until 2021)

Uwe Witt (born 1 October 1959 in Witten) is a German politician, serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017.

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Formerly a member of Alternative for Germany (AfD), Witt resigned from the party in December 2021, citing extremist elements in the party.

He joined the Centre Party in January 2022, though would later resign from the party in August that same year. He ended up with Bündnis Deutschland (BD) in December 2024.

Life

Born in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Witt became a member of the Bundestag after the 2017 German federal election. [1] [2] Witt has served as a party list member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017. He previously served as a member of Alternative for Germany before defecting to the Centre Party in January 2022.

Witt joined BD, a few days before the 20th Bundestag dissolved late in 2024, making him his new party's first federal legislator. [3]

He is a member of the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs and the Committee for Health. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Uwe Witt". AfD-Fraktion im deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Uwe Witt: Ex-AfD-Abgeordneter nun für Zentrumspartei im Bundestag". Der Spiegel (in German). 18 January 2022. ISSN   2195-1349 . Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Bündnis Deutschland sitzt jetzt im Bundestag" (Press release) (in German). Bündnis Deutschland. 23 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "German Bundestag - Labour and Social Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "German Bundestag - Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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