Uwe Witt
Uwe Witt | |
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 Witt in 2020 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
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| Born | 1 October 1959 Witten, West Germany |
| Political party | Independent (since Aug 2022) Centre Party (Jan 2022 - Aug 2022) AfD (until 2021) |
Uwe Witt (born 1 October 1959 in Witten) is a German independent politician, serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017.
Formerly a member of Alternative for Germany (AfD), Witt resigned from the party in December 2021, citing extremist elements in the party.
He joined the Centre Party in January 2022, though would later resign from the party in August that same year.
Life
[edit]Born in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Witt became a member of the Bundestag after the 2017 German federal election.[1][2] Witt has served as a party list member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017. He previously served as a member of Alternative for Germany before defecting to the Centre Party in January 2022.
He is a member of the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs and the Committee for Health.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Uwe Witt". AfD-Fraktion im deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Uwe Witt: Ex-AfD-Abgeordneter nun für Zentrumspartei im Bundestag". Der Spiegel (in German). 18 January 2022. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Labour and Social Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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