title: Jens Kestner
text: # Jens Kestner
  
  Jens Kestner (born 25 December 1971) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.
  
  ## Life and politics
  
  Kestner was born 1971 in the West German town of Northeim and became a funeral director. In 2014 Kestner entered the newly founded populist AfD and became after the 2017 German federal election member of the Bundestag. Since 2020 Kestner is chairman of the federal state party organisation of the AfD in Lower Saxony.
  
  