Udo Voigt
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Captain Udo Voigt MEP |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Germany |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany |
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In office 1996–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Günter Deckert |
| Succeeded by | Holger Apfel |
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14 April 1952 Viersen, North-Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Political party | NPD |
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FH Aachen Munich School of Political Science |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Engineer, soldier |
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 Germany
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| Service/branch | German Air Force |
| Years of service | 1972–1984 |
Udo Voigt (German: [ˈuːdo foːkt]; born 14 April 1952) is a German politician for the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), who has served since 2014 as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He is a member of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. He served as leader of NPD from 1996 to 2011. By profession he is a former aviation engineer and captain in the German Air Force and has a master's degree in political science from LMU. Voigt has in recent years become a strong supporter of Vladimir Putin, and more recently also Donald Trump, and has said that Germany should have "a chancellor like Putin."
The son of a former Wehrmacht officer, Voigt was born at Viersen. After graduating from high school, he was an airframe mechanic apprentice. From 1971 he studied aerospace engineering at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences for two terms, without graduation. 1972 he was conscripted by the Bundeswehr. He worked in the German Air Force from 1972 to 1984 and graduated as an officer from the Luftwaffe Officer's School. He served in Germany and at a NATO facility in Greece. Between 1982 and 1987, he studied political science at the Munich School of Political Science and graduated with a master's degree in political science from LMU.
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