Marc Jongen
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Marc Jongen | |
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.jpg) Jongen in 2015 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 May 1968 |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | AfD |
Marc Stephan Jongen (born 23 May 1968 in Merano, Italy) is a German politician (AfD). From 2003 to 2017 he was a research assistant for philosophy at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe.
Jongen is regarded as a "party philosopher" of the right-wing AfD, having been called "chief ideologue" or "thought leader".[1] He was the chairman of AfD Baden-Württemberg from March 2017 to February 2019 and has been its Deputy State leader ever since. In the 2017 federal election he got elected to the Bundestag.
Biography
Origins
Hew grows up in Lana (South Tyrol),[2] with the dutch nationality of his father and the italian one of his mother.[3]
Formation
He studies economics from 1987 to 1988 at the University of Vienna, and until 1995, philosophy, l'indology, history of German studies and philosophy of sciences. After three months in India, he writes in 1996 his mémoir of master titled The essence of spiritual knowledge from the Advaita Vedanta Shri Shakaracharyas, published by Eugen Diederichs, in 1998.[4]
Between 1996 and 1999, he writes for the Neue Südtiroler Tageszeitung, in Bolzano and works on a "Philosophy of Astrology".[5] In 1999, he starts a phd at the State University for design (HfG) of Karlsruhe sustained by the Leopold Ziegler foundation. from 2001 to 2003, he is helped by the Land of Bade-Wurtemberg. In 2009, he obtains his PhD in philosophy and in 2011, the German nationality.
Ideology
Stuttgarter Zeitung noted that Jongen has failed to adequately distance himself from the far-right Flügel faction of the party, led by Björn Höcke. Jongen also said that there are "differences in mentality between East and West Germany".[6]
External links
References
- ^ Germany, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart. "Marc Jongen: Der Vordenker der AfD". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de.
- ^ "Bundestag: Südtiroler für AfD dabei".
- ^ https://www.swp.de/suedwesten/staedte/bietigheim-bissingen/sein-sitz-ist-ihm-sicher-23623683.html
- ^ Iris Radisch, AfD: Welches Deutschland darf es sein?, Die Zeit, Hamburg, 2014-11-09, ISSN=0044-2070
- ^ Marc Jongen, Das Wesen spiritueller Erkenntnis. Eine Reise ins Innere des Geistes, Diederichs, p.29, ISBN=3-424-01392-7
- ^ "Philosophen debattieren die Flüchtlingsfrage: Wohin zeigt der moralische Kompass?". Stuttgarter Nachrichten.
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