Joachim Kuhs

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Joachim Hans Kuhs (born June 25, 1956 in Schonach ) is a German politician ( AfD ) and has been a member of the European Parliament since 2019 .

Life

Kuhs completed an apprenticeship as a judicial officer and works at the Freiburg State Audit Office.

In March 2013 he joined the AfD. and is active in the association “ Christians in the AfD ” (ChrAfD). When the previous chairman Anette Schultner left the party in October 2017, Kuhs, who had previously been deputy chairman, became her successor. In December 2017, Kuhs was elected as secretary to the AfD federal executive for the first time .

In the state elections in Baden-Württemberg in 2016 , Kuhs ran as a direct candidate in the state electoral district of Baden-Baden and achieved third place with 14.5% of the votes cast. In the federal election on September 24, 2017 , he ran as a direct candidate in the Rastatt constituency and achieved third place with 12.2% of the votes cast.

In May 2019 he was elected to the European Parliament . In the local elections that took place at the same time, he was elected to the municipal council of Baden-Baden . In the European Parliament he belongs to the Identity and Democracy Group .

Kuhs is married and has ten children. He is a member of an independent Anglican parish in Baden-Baden, where he acts as a parish elder and lay preacher.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alphabetical list of all elected - The Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Joachim Kuhs provisionally heads "Christians in the AfD" , October 20, 2017, Domradio
  3. ↑ "Christians in the AfD": Deputy Chairman of the Federal Executive Board , December 4, 2017, Evangelical news agency idea
  4. ↑ Nominations for the state elections on March 13, 2016
  5. ↑ Final result of the state elections on March 13, 2016 constituency 33 Baden-Baden , website of the Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office
  6. ↑ Direct candidates 273: Rastatt. (No longer available online.) The Federal Returning Officer, archived from the original on September 26, 2017 ; accessed on September 13, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bundeswahlleiter.de
  7. ^ Final result for the Rastatt constituency , website of the Federal Returning Officer
  8. ↑ Final results of the 2019 municipal council elections , www.baden-baden.de
  9. ↑ a b How the Christians in the AfD want to bring their positions into the church , January 23, 20, Stern.de
personal data
SURNAME Kuhs, Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kuhs, Joachim Hans (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (AfD), MEP
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Schonach