Enrico Komning (born 6 August 1968, in
Stralsund
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) is a German lawyer and politician. He is a member of
Alternative for Germany
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(AfD). In 2017 he became a
member of the Bundestag
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Early life
Komning earned his
Abitur
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in 1988 and got a degree in
construction work.
Career
He became part of "Wachregiment "
Feliks Dzierzynski
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky ( pl, Feliks Dzierżyński ; russian: Фе́ликс Эдму́ндович Дзержи́нский; – 20 July 1926), nicknamed "Iron Felix", was a Bolshevik revolutionary and official, born into Polish nobility ...
", a division of
Ministerium für Staatssicherheit
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The Stasi's function was similar to the KGB, serving as a means of maintaining state authori ...
, the political
state security service of the
German Democratic Republic
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. In 1991 Komning studied law at
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
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Since Komning entered the Bundestag in November 2017. From then to July 2019 he earned €760,000. As a member of parliament he earns about 10,000 a month; Komning was earning €36,000 a month extra at his law firm.
Komning is a member of the
Greifswald
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-based fraternity "Rugia". "Rugia" is part of
Deutsche Burschenschaft
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. German
Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
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said in January 2019 about "Rugia", it is a "group with right-wing extremist reference".
NDR.de: ''Verfassungsschutz blickt auf Burschenschaft'' (24. April 2019)
eingesehen am 6. September 2019
References
1968 births
Living people
People from Stralsund
Members of the German Burschenschaft
Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
Members of the Bundestag for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany
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