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Biography
Udo Pastörs (born 1952 in Wegberg) is a German politician, former leader of the far-right NPD, and formerly a representative in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Personal life
Pastörs was born on August 24, 1952 in Wegberg, West Germany.
His learned profession is that of a clockmaker. He is married and has one daughter with his wife, Marianne Pastörs.
He joined the NPD in 2000. In 2005 he became the leader of the party in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He was first elected to state parliament in 2006, receiving 7.3% of the vote. He has been leading the party fraction since 2006.
Criminal history
In a speech on February 25, 2009, Pastörs referred to the Federal Republic of Germany as a "Jew republic," to Turkish-German men as "semen cannons," and to Alan Greenspan as a "hook-nose." A local court found him guilty of "incitement of popular hatred" in May 2010, sentencing him to a suspended sentence of ten months and a €6,000 fine.