Jörg Urban

Jörg Urban (born 4 August 1964) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and has been a member of the Landtag of the Free State of Saxony since 2014. Since 2017, he has been the leader of the Alternative for Germany party in the Landtag.

Jörg Urban
Leader of the Opposition in the Landtag of Saxony
Assumed office
20 December 2019
Preceded byRico Gebhardt
Leader of the Alternative For Germany in Saxony
Assumed office
26 September 2017
Preceded byFrauke Petry
Leader of the Alternative For Germany in the Landtag of Saxony
Assumed office
30 September 2017
Preceded byFrauke Petry
Member of the Landtag of Saxony
Assumed office
29 September 2014
ConstituencyList
Personal details
Born (1964-08-04) August 4, 1964
Meissen, East Germany
Political partyAlternative for Germany
Children3
Alma materTU Dresden
Military service
AllegianceNational People's Army

Career

Urban was born in 1964 in Meißen. He completed three years of voluntary military service with the National People's Army and studied hydraulic engineering at the Dresden University of Technology.[1]

Urban was formerly affiliated with Grüne Liga, a conservationist political party. He was also briefly a member of the Pirate Party. In 2013, Urban became a member of the far-right AfD during a run for the City Council of Dresden.[2] Until November 2014 he was chairman of the AfD district association in Dresden.[3] He was elected to the Landtag of Saxony in 2014 on a list seat. In 2017, he succeeded Frauke Petry as the leader of the AfD party in the state of Saxony and the leader of the AfD parliamentary group in the Landtag of Saxony.[4][5] After the 2019 elections, the AfD became the second largest party in the Saxon landtag, and Urban became the Leader of the Opposition.

Personal life

Jörg Urban has lived in Dresden since 1986, is married, has three children.[5] He is a Non-denominational Christian.

References
  1. Urban, Jorg. "CV". www.joerg-urban.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  2. Mueller, Wiebke (August 3, 2014). "Grüne-Liga-Chef will nichts mehr von den Grünen wissen". Bild.de. Bild.de. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  3. "Kreisvorstand". AfD-dd.de. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. Rafael, Simone (August 16, 2019). "WER IST EIGENTLICH JÖRG URBAN?". belltower.news. belltower.news. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  5. "Jörg Urban: "Wir sehen uns im Fahrwasser von Donald Trump"". LVZ - Leipziger Volkszeitung.


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