Jörg Urban | |
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| Leader of the Opposition in the Landtag of Saxony | |
| Assumed office 20 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Rico Gebhardt |
| Leader of the Alternative For Germany in Saxony | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Frauke Petry |
| Leader of the Alternative For Germany in the Landtag of Saxony | |
| Assumed office 30 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Frauke Petry |
| Member of the Landtag of Saxony | |
| Assumed office 29 September 2014 | |
| Constituency | List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 4, 1964 Meissen, East Germany |
| Political party | Alternative for Germany |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | TU Dresden |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | National People's Army |
Jörg Urban (born 4 August 1964) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and has been a member of the Landtag of the Free State of Saxony since 2014.
Since 2017, Urban has been the head of the AfD-fraction at Saxony State Parliament (Landtag).
Under Urban's leadership, the Saxen AfD state association developed so strongly towards right-wing extremism that the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution is classified and monitored AfD Saxony as a "secure right-wing extremist effort" in 2023.[1]
Career
Urban was born in 1964 in Meißen. He completed three years of voluntary military service with the National People's Army and studied hydraulic engineering at the Dresden University of Technology.[2]
Urban was formerly affiliated with Grüne Liga, a east German conservationist political movement. He was also briefly a member of German Pirate Party.
In 2013, Urban became a member of the far-right AfD and runed for the City Council of Dresden.[3] Until November 2014 he was chairman of the AfD district association in Dresden.[4] He was elected to the Landtag of Saxony in 2014 on a list seat. In 2017, he succeeded Frauke Petry as the leader of the AfD party in the state of Saxony and the leader of the AfD parliamentary group in the Landtag of Saxony.[5][6] After the 2019 elections, the AfD became the second largest party in the Saxon landtag, and Urban became the Leader of the Opposition.
In March 2023 Urban stated that he aims to be top candidate for 2024 Saxony State election. AfD-federal chairmen Tino Chrupalla is supporting Urban.[7]
Personal life
Jörg Urban has lived in Dresden since 1986, is married, has three children.[6] He is a Non-denominational Christian.
References
- ↑ LTO. "Sächsische AfD geht juristisch gegen Einstufung vor". Legal Tribune Online (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ↑ Urban, Jorg. "CV". www.joerg-urban.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ Mueller, Wiebke (August 3, 2014). "Grüne-Liga-Chef will nichts mehr von den Grünen wissen". Bild.de. Bild.de. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ↑ "Kreisvorstand". AfD-dd.de. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Rafael, Simone (August 16, 2019). "WER IST EIGENTLICH JÖRG URBAN?". belltower.news. belltower.news. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- 1 2 "Jörg Urban: "Wir sehen uns im Fahrwasser von Donald Trump"". LVZ - Leipziger Volkszeitung. 22 July 2018.
- ↑ dpa (2023-03-25). "AfD-Landeschef: Jörg Urban will AfD in die Landtagswahl 2024 führen". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2024-01-04.