Volker Münz (politician)

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Volker Münz (born August 8, 1964 in Verden (Aller) ) is a German economist and politician of the AfD . In the 2017 federal election , he ran both as a direct candidate in the Göppingen federal electoral district and in 8th place on the Baden-Württemberg state list , through which he entered the 19th German Bundestag .

education and profession

Volker Münz grew up in Verden an der Aller in Lower Saxony . He first trained as a banker and then completed a degree in economics at the University of Hanover , which he graduated with a degree in economics. Most recently he worked as a department director at Hypovereinsbank .

politics

Volker Münz was a member of the CDU . He joined the AfD in spring 2013 and ran for the AfD in the 2013 federal election as a direct candidate in the Göppingen constituency , but, like the entire AfD, missed entry into the Bundestag. In the 2017 federal election , he ran both as a direct candidate in the Göppingen federal electoral district and in 8th place on the Baden-Württemberg state list , through which he entered the 19th German Bundestag . He improved his first vote result from 5.3 percent in 2013 to 14.7 percent in 2017.

Volker Münz is one of two spokesmen for the Göppingen district association of the AfD. Münz gave up the chairmanship of his home association Unteres Filstal in early 2018.

Münz belongs to the Christian conservative wing of the party and is the church policy spokesman for the AfD parliamentary group. As such, he was invited to the Catholic Day in Münster .

On the night of July 5 to 6, 2018, Münz's constituency office in Göppingen and his house in Uhingen were the target of a politically motivated paint bag attack. On the left-wing extremist Internet platform Indymedia , a letter of confession from an anti-fascist group appeared. On the evening of July 10, 2018, Münz's constituency office manager Sandro Scheer discovered missing and loosened wheel bolts on two wheels of his vehicle.

Positions

In the summer of 2019, Volker Münz spoke out against the candidacy of the Thuringian parliamentary group leader Björn Höcke as federal chairman. He feared that the polarization within the AfD would harden if the prominent representative of the Volkish wing came to the federal executive board. After all, the AfD was there to change German politics. "We do not need sharp statements, we do not need an inappropriate style either." He criticized Höcke's style at the Kyffhäuser meeting. There he had massively attacked the AfD federal executive board and urged his critics to leave the party. “He talks about unity, but he divides.” Said Münz.

Private

Volker Münz is married, has two children and lives in Uhingen . He is a parish council of the Protestant Church in Uhingen and a member of the district synod.

Fonts

  • Edited with Felix Dirsch , Thomas Wawerka: Right Christianity? Faith in the tense relationship between national identity, populism and humanity, Ares-Verlag, Graz 2018, ISBN 978-3-99081-004-0

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Candidate bank : Volker Münz in the Tagesspiegel .
  2. ↑ a b c Volker Münz was an AfD man from the very beginning. In: Südwestpresse .
  3. ↑ Karen Schnebeck: The fear of the middle class and their face. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . August 25, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ Alternative for Germany - Baden-Württemberg: About the district association. Retrieved on July 12, 2018 (German).
  5. ^ AfD Unteres Filstal. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Right to extreme in the Bundestag. In: time online. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  7. ^ First AfD representative for the Catholic Day. on: die-tagespost.de
  8. ↑ Mona Jaeger: Protest against AfD representatives on the Katholikentag. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. May 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH: Göppingen district: color attack against AfD MP Volker Münz . In: swp.de . July 6, 2018 ( swp.de [accessed July 12, 2018]).
  10. ^ Ag: Another attack on AfD MPs: Wheel bolts removed from car. In: jungefreiheit.de. July 12, 2018, accessed March 11, 2019 .
  11. ^ Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH: Criminal charges: Again attack on the AfD in Göppingen . In: swp.de . July 11, 2018 ( swp.de [accessed July 12, 2018]).
  12. ^ Party-internal AfD criticism of Höcke - "He talks about unity, but it divides". Retrieved September 24, 2019 (German).
  13. ↑ Evangelical Church Uhingen: The parish council .
personal data
SURNAME Münz, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graduate economist and politician (AfD), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Verden