Martin Hebner (10 November 1959 – 7 July 2021) was a German politician for the populist

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(AfD) and from 2017 member of the

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Biography

Hebner was born in 1959 in the West German city of

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and became an IT-consultant. Hebner entered the newly founded AfD in 2013 and became 'Schriftführer' (recording clerk) of the party state organisation in

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. Hebner became member of the Bundestag after the

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and was considered to be part of the

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faction Flügel (wing) of the AfD.

References

1959 births 2021 deaths Politicians from Frankfurt Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany {{Germany-AFD-politician-stub