Jörg van Essen
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Jörg van Essen (born 29 September 1947 in Burscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party in the Bundestag.
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.
Awards and decorations
- 2007: Bundeswehr Cross of Honour in Gold
- 2013: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- People from Burscheid
- University of Cologne alumni
- Gay politicians
- German Roman Catholics
- Members of the Bundestag
- Free Democratic Party (Germany) politicians
- German prosecutors
- LGBT politicians from Germany
- Recipients of the Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr
- Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
