Marc Bernhard (born 5 February 1972) is a German politician for the
Alternative for Germany (AfD), and since 2017 member of the
Bundestag
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, the federal legislative body.
Life and politics
Bernhard was born 1972 in the west German town of
Reutlingen
Reutlingen (; Swabian: ''Reitlenga'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it has a population of 115,818.
Reutlingen has a university of applied sciences, which ...
and studied
jurisprudence
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at the
University of Augsburg
The University of Augsburg (german: Universität Augsburg) is a university located in the Universitätsviertel section of Augsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 8 Faculties.
The University of Augsburg is a relatively you ...
and became
lawyer
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. He worked as CEO of an IT-company in Karlsruhe.
Bernhard was member of the centre-right
Christian Democratic Union of Germany before he entered the than newly founded AfD in 2013.
Since 2017 he is member of the Bundestag.
Bernhard denies the
scientific consensus on climate change.
See also
*
EIKE
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Given name
* Eike Batista (born 1956), entrepreneur
* Eike Bram (born 1965), handball player
* Eike Duarte (born 1997), actor
* Eike Duckwitz (born 1980), field hockey pla ...
References
Living people
1972 births
Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
University of Augsburg alumni
Jurists from Baden-Württemberg
People from Reutlingen
Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany
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