Frank Franz (born 21 November 1978) is a German

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politician who has been the leader of the

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(formerly known as the NPD), a

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political party, since 2014. He was formerly the national chairman of the NPD in the German state of

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from 2005 to 2011, and national press officer for the NPD from 2011 to 2014.

Biography

Franz was born in

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. From 1997 to 2004, he served in the

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, which he left as a Staff Sergeant. From 2007 onwards he worked as a programmer and artist, and owns an agency that handles the NPD's Internet activities. Internally, Franz is controversial, as he is seen as a protégé of Peter Marx, who was not confirmed as the party's Secretary General in the wake of a failed coup attempt in early 2009. Franz is separated from his wife, with whom he has three children. Since 2015, he has been dating a woman named Patricia Koperski, who guest-starred on German soap opera ''GZSZ'' and owns a right-wing publishing house.

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