Menno Aden

Menno Aden (born 18 November 1942 in Berchtesgaden) is a German academic, politician and translator.

Menno Aden
Born18 November 1942
Occupation(s)Academic, Politician & Translator

Aden studied law at the University of Bonn and taught at FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management.[1]

After having been a member of the Christian Democratic Union for 30 years, Aden resigned in protest over Angela Merkel's policies, and was elected to the Essen City Council in 2014, representing the Alternative for Germany party.[2] He then left that party and served on the council as an independent until 2020.[3] Aden has written numerous articles for a wide variety of publications including the Junge Freiheit newspaper.[2] He has been criticized for Holocaust revisionism.[4]

Aden served as President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg from 1994 to 1996.[1] He has translated Richard Francis Burton's The Kasidah into German, as well as many poems by Alexander Pushkin, Michail Lermontow, Fjodor Tjutschew and other Russin poets. Aden is author of numerous legal works, i.a. the pioneering "Internationale Handelschiedsgerichtsbarkeit - Kommentar zu den Verfahrensordnungen" 1988; 2002(International Commercial Arbitration, Commentary to Arbitration Rules) .

References
  1. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. Stenglein, Frank (12 June 2014). "Der kurze Traum vom fünften Mandat ist beim EBB vorbei". Der Westen (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  3. Kintscher, Wolfgang (1 October 2020). "Der große Exodus im Essener Stadtrat: 51 von 89 sagen Adieu". Neue Ruhr Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. Krebs, Felix (10 November 2016). "AfD-Fraktion beschäftigt Mitarbeiter mit extrem rechter Vergangenheit". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
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