Marc Bernhard (born 5 February 1972) is a German politician for the

Alternative for Germany Alternative for Germany (, AfD, ) is a Far-right politics in Germany (1945–present), far-right,Far-right: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Right-wing populism, right-wing populist and National conservatism, national-conservative p ...

(AfD), and since 2017 member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ...

, the federal legislative body.

Life and politics

Bernhard was born in 1972 in the west German town of

Reutlingen Reutlingen (; ) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous Reutlingen (district), district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it had an estimated population of 116,456. Reutlingen has a Reutlingen University, univ ...

and studied

jurisprudence Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be. It investigates issues such as the definition of law; legal validity; legal norms and values ...

at the University of Augsburg and became a

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. 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 then newly founded AfD in 2013. Since 2017 he is member of the Bundestag. Bernhard denies the

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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 Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029 {{Germany-AFD-politician-stub

Life and politics

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