Marc Bernhard (born 5 February 1972) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), and since 2017 member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Common ...

, the federal legislative body.

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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 Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning a ...

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. 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.

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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 {{Germany-AFD-politician-stub

Life and politics

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