About Jürgen Todenhöfer
Jürgen Todenhöfer (born 12 November 1940) is a German author, journalist, politician, executive and former judge. == Early life and education == Todenhöfer was born in Offenburg in what is now the German state of Baden-Württemberg. He studied law at the universities of Munich, Paris, Bonn and Freiburg. He graduated as a doctor of law in 1969 and worked as a judge in 1972. == Politics == Todenhöfer became a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) in 1970 which he left on 12 November 2020, his 80th birthday, to found a new political party and was a member of the Bundestag from 13 December 1972 to 20 December 1990 (five election periods) where he represented Tübingen and was affiliated with the pejoratively named "Stahlhelm-Fraktion." He also acted as party spokesman for development policy and arms control. He was vice chairman of the executive board of German media company Hubert Burda Media until 2008. He is considered to be a pacifist although he pointed out that he is not. He participated in the federal elections 2021 and 2025 with his own party, Team Todenhöfer, each time missing the 5% threshold. He is a Christian. == Journalism == In 1980 he visited Soviet-occupied Afghanistan and started to raise money for refugees.
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