1. Martin Hans Sonneborn was born on 15 May 1965 and is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament.
12 Facts About Martin Sonneborn
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Martin Sonneborn is a founder and federal chairman of Die PARTEI.
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Martin Sonneborn was editor-in-chief of the satirical magazine Titanic from 2000 to 2005 and works for Spiegel Online and ZDF.
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Martin Sonneborn went to school in Osnabruck, where he passed the Abitur exam.
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Martin Sonneborn's father was an independent candidate in the 2017 German presidential election.
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Martin Sonneborn was superseded by Thomas Gsella in October 2005, but remained column writer until April 2012.
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Martin Sonneborn was staff leader of satirical column SPAM at Spiegel Online since November 2006 and reporter for the satirical TV programme heute-show on ZDF from May 2009 to September 2014.
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On 2 August 2004 Martin Sonneborn founded, along with other editors of Titanic, the satirical political party Die PARTEI, one of whose aims is to rebuild the Berlin Wall.
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Martin Sonneborn has been its chairman since 2004 and was the lead candidate in the 2011 Berlin state election.
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Martin Sonneborn regularly holds readings both solo and as part of the trio Titanic Boygroup, together with Thomas Gsella and Oliver Maria Schmitt who preceded Sonneborn as editor-in-chief.
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Martin Sonneborn is a member of the European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education, member of the Korea-delegation and substitute of the European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control.
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In February 2023, Martin Sonneborn was one of 69 first signatories of the Manifest fur Frieden initiated by politician Sahra Wagenknecht and publicist Alice Schwarzer, which calls for a stop to arms deliveries to Ukraine and a ceasefire and peace negotiations with Russia.