Christoph Neumann (born 7 November 1964) is a German politician from the

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(''Alternative für Deutschland'', AfD) party. Neumann has been a member of the

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since 2017.

Life and politics

Neumann was born 1964 in the East German city of

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and became a frontier soldier. Neumann entered the

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AfD in 2014 and became member of the Bundestag after the

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1964 births Living people Politicians from Leipzig Members of the Bundestag for Saxony Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany {{Germany-AFD-politician-stub