Jens Seipenbusch

Jens Seipenbusch ( born August 6, 1968 in Wuppertal) is a former national chairman of the Pirate Party of Germany.

Life

Education and work

Seipenbusch studied physics at the Ruhr- University Bochum and at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, where he is deputy head of the information processing supply unit ( IVV ) of the Faculty of Law. He is a member of the IT Commission and the IT Security Team at the University in the Faculty.

Political career

Seipenbusch worked on the principle of the party program of the Pirate Party, and was from September 2006 to May 2007 Deputy Chairman, after which he was from May 2007 to May 2008 and Chairman until July 2009 again Deputy Chairman of the party. On the national party on July 4, 2009 in Hamburg Seipenbusch was elected with 56 percent of the vote again national chairman. At the national convention 2010 in Bingen am Rhein, he was confirmed with 52.6 percent in his office. At the party in 2011, he did not start. When his successor Sebastian Mink was elected.

Founded in early 2012 Jens Seipenbusch and his former deputy Andreas Popp the "Group 42", a loose confederation of 42 like-minded people outside the party. The group wants the core topics of network, copyright and privacy again pay more attention and commitment, which is oblivious to the party for their opinion. Also, would you be able to respond quickly to questions as a competence center for digital issues.

Seipenbusch candidate # 4 on the country's list of the Pirate Party of North Rhine -Westphalia for the parliamentary elections in 2013.

Private

Seipenbusch lives in Münster and is married.