Thomas Seitz
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1967-10-08) 8 October 1967 (age 56)
Ettenheim
NationalityGerman
Political partyAfD

Thomas Seitz (born 8 October 1967 in Ettenheim) is a German lawyer and politician of the AfD; he is a member of the völkisch-nationalistic group called Der Flügel ("The Wing") of his party.[1][2] Since 2017 he has been a member of Bundestag.

Seitz grew up in Lahr in the Black Forest. He studied Law at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and University of Lausanne. He completed his legal clerkship at the Offenburg District Court. From 2008 until his election to the Bundestag, Seitz worked in Freiburg im Breisgau as a public prosecutor in the field of traffic law.

In 2010 he was a member of the right-wing party "Die Freiheit" ("German Freedom Party") for 10 months and became member of the AfD in spring 2013.

References

  1. ^ sagt, Bundestagswahl 2017-Weltgeschehen. "Duisburger Institut für Sprach- und Sozialforschung – Wer zieht für die AfD in den Bundestag?".((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Biermann, Kai; Geisler, Astrid; Holzinger, Christina; Middelhoff, Paul; Polke-Majewski, Karsten; Steffen, Tilman (October 24, 2017). "AfD-Abgeordnete: Rechts bis extrem im Bundestag". Die Zeit.


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