Enrico Komning (born 6 August 1968, in

Stralsund Stralsund (; Swedish language, Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German language, German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklen ...

) is a German lawyer and politician. He is a member of

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(AfD). In 2017 he became a

member of the Bundestag Member of the German Parliament () is the official name given to a deputy in the Bundestag, German Bundestag. ''Member of Parliament'' refers to the elected members of the federal Bundestag Parliament at the Reichstag building in Berlin. In G ...

Early life

Komning earned his

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

in 1988 and got a degree in

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Career

He became part of "Wachregiment "

Feliks Dzierzynski Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (; ; – 20 July 1926), nicknamed Iron Felix (), was a Soviet revolutionary and politician of Polish origin. From 1917 until his death in 1926, he led the first two Soviet secret police organizations, the Cheka a ...

", a division of Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, the political state security service of the

German Democratic Republic East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

. In 1991 Komning studied law at

Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; ), formerly known as Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Founded in 1456, it is one of th ...

. Komning entered the Bundestag in November 2017. From then to July 2019 he earned €760,000. As a member of parliament he earns about €10,000 a month; Komning was earning €36,000 a month extra at his law firm. Komning is a member of the

Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg. In 2021 it surpa ...

-based fraternity "Rugia". "Rugia" is part of Deutsche Burschenschaft. German

Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ( or BfV, often ''Bundesverfassungsschutz'') is Germany's federal domestic intelligence agency. Together with the Landesämter für Verfassungsschutz (LfV) at the state level, the fed ...

said in January 2019 about "Rugia", it is a "group with right-wing extremist reference".NDR.de: ''Verfassungsschutz blickt auf Burschenschaft'' (24. April 2019)
eingesehen am 6. September 2019

References

1968 births Living people People from Stralsund Members of the German Burschenschaft Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029 {{Germany-AFD-politician-stub