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Jörg van Essen

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Name
  
Jorg Essen

Role
  
German Politician


Education
  
University of Cologne

Party
  
Free Democratic Party


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J rg van essen


Jörg van Essen (born 29 September 1947 in Burscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party in the Bundestag.

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Jörg van Essen

Van Essen was born in Burscheid and attended a gymnasium in Siegen. He studied law at the University of Cologne from 1968 to 1973. After he finished university he became from 1976 to 1985 a prosecutor in Münster, Hagen and Dortmund. Since 1980 van Essen is a member of the Free Democratic Party and since 1990 van Essen has been a member of the Bundestag.

Van Essen is openly gay.

Sondersitzung des deutschen bundestages j rg van essen fdp am 03 09 2013


Awards and decorations

  • 2007: Bundeswehr Cross of Honour in Gold
  • 2013: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • References

    Jörg van Essen Wikipedia