Stefan Jagsch

Stefan Jagsch (born 8 August 1986 in Hanau) is a German politician from the extreme-right National Democratic Party of Germany.

Stefan Jagsch in 2017.

In September 2019 he was unanimously elected as representative of Waldsiedlung (Altenstadt, Hesse),^[1][2] which led to irritation in other parties at national level.^[3][4] He was eventually removed by the town council after it reversed its decision in a controversial plebiscite of seven to one among the eight members on the council; he was the sole dissenter. Jagsch has vowed to take legal action in response to the decision to remove him from the town council.^[5]

References

1. WELT (7 September 2019). "Stefan Jagsch: NPD-Politiker einstimmig zum Ortsvorsteher gewählt". Retrieved 18 October 2019.
2. Leubecher, Marcel (8 September 2019). "Hessen: CDU und SPD wollen Wahl des NPD-Funktionärs "korrigieren"". Retrieved 18 October 2019.
3. Dikov, Ivan (7 September 2019). "Far-Right Politician's Election as Town Council Head Shocks Germany's Mainstream Parties". European Views. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
4. "Germany: Merkel party colleagues elect far-right extremist to local council | DW | 7 September 2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
5. "Germany: neo-Nazi politician voted out of town council". DW.COM. Retrieved 23 October 2019.