Jerzy Montag is a German

Germany

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 politician

Politician

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 of Polish

Poland

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 birth. He is a member of the Green Party.

After his Abitur

Abitur

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 in Mannheim

Mannheim

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 in 1966 Montag studied sociology

Sociology

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, political science

Political science

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 and law

Law

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 in Heidelberg

Heidelberg

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,Mannheim and Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

. Since he passed his second Bar examination

Bar examination

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 (Staatsexamen) in 1975 Montag has worked as a freelancing lawyer. He is specialized in criminal law

Criminal law

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In 1984 Montag joined the Green Party. In the years 1998 to 2002 he was chairman of the party in the State of Bavaria

Bavaria

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. Since 2002 Montag has been a member of the Bundestag

Bundestag

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 and speaker of the Green Party's parliamentary group on law politics. In 2005 he was spokesman of the Greens during the meetings of the Committee of inquiry on the German Visa Affair 2005

German Visa Affair 2005

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External links

• http://www.jerzy-montag.de/ - website of Jerzy Montag