Martin Sonneborn

Martin Sonneborn ( born May 15, 1965 in Göttingen ) is a German journalist, satirist and politician.

Career

Sonneborn, who has a brother who grew up as the son of a professional counselor and a housewife. He went on to Ursula School, a private Catholic school in Osnabrück, where he also obtained his high school diploma. After military service and the completion of an apprenticeship as an insurance salesman in Osnabrück, he studied journalism, German and political science in Münster, Vienna and Berlin. His master's thesis he wrote about "Titanic" and the possible effects of satire. In 1995 he did an internship at the satirical magazine Eulenspiegel and subsequently worked as an editor at the Titanic, its editor in 2000 he was. This office he gave to his fellow editors Thomas Gsella in October 2005. Since November 2006, Sonneborn is executive editor of the satirical heading spam on Spiegel Online. In his capacity as politicians is Sonneborn National Chairman ( in the jargon of the party: GröVaZ - Greatest President of all time, the concept see Gröfaz ) of the Party of Labour, law, animal welfare, promotion of elite and grassroots initiative - " The PARTY ", which on the one hand, parody - satirical in nature, but on the other hand, purely legally is a normal German party and also takes up to elections.

Sonneborn is known for effective media campaigns. High sensation was caused by his attempt at bribery at FIFA, see How Titanic once the 2006 World Cup brought to Germany.

Sonneborn joined forces with fellow editors of the Titanic several times as the supposed leaders of major German parties and parodied with fictitious political positions and statements state and federal political campaigns. In Eisenach Sonneborn joined as a supposed FDP politicians in street campaigning on and used here slogans such as " German defend yourselves - Selects FDP " and "Give finally Friedman -. Jews free and fun " background were attacks of the former FDP leadership politician Jürgen W. Möllemann the journalist Michel Friedman. In Hesse, Martin Sonneborn gave 2003 as the SPD's top candidate Gerhard Bökel and performed in a residential area with fake election handouts based campaign by going door to door and introduced himself. Most residents did not fall on the dizziness. During the Bavarian election campaign in 2003 Martin Sonneborn resigned as SPD politician with slogans such as "lose with dignity " and "We give up " in appearance. In 1998, he mobilized as the alleged head of office DVU chairman Gerhard Frey Mirko Mokry and other newly elected DVU members to "March on Berlin" under the motto "Arbeit macht Frey " and how to obtain a proof of Aryan. On 2 August 2004 Sonneborn founded together with other editors of the Titanic, the party, the PARTY as its national chairman, he officiates. During the federal election campaign in 2005 Sonneborn has appeared in several TV commercials choice. These were offered by the PARTY in advance as " TV advertising time on ZDF " for auction and contained in broadcast massive publicity for the airlines Hapag -Lloyd Express. This led to a debate in the media and among politicians about a tightening of the rules for election commercials. Sonneborn explained that they had only like the ARD behave ". Conspicuously inconspicuous place surreptitious "

On 2 October 2008, the movie was released History, which accompanies the documentary filmmaker Andreas Coerper Sonneborn at a hike around Berlin.

Since May 26, 2009 Sonneborn can be seen in the role of a reporter from the ensemble of the ZDF satire show today show. Following the broadcast of an interview between him and the pharmaceutical lobbyists Peter Schmidt on May 14, 2010, the mission was criticized because Sonneborn used in the interview breaks expressed statements Schmidt, although it was not intended for the public. Schmidt showed up for the broadcasting angry and called them "real mess ", as Sonneborn had lured him with the request for a ZDF interview that you " be in one of the, heute' programs, preferably in, heute-journal ' place ' may. Thomas Bellut, program director of the ZDF, the editors of today -show forbade then to work with the brands today and heute-journal. Diplomatic upsets between Germany and China sparked Sonneborn from the fall of 2009, when he, unsuspecting Chinese writers presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair, which had as a partner in China this year sentences about human rights violations in the mouth.

A scheduled for October 4, 2009 broadcast an episode of the show room! with Sonneborn as guest was not aired as scheduled by the WDR. A station spokeswoman said Sonneborn should occur in the program as a private citizen, he had instead gone only in the role of " The PARTY " bosses. When WDR, it was felt that this would have been uninteresting for a 60-minute show and not funny. Sonneborn confirmed that the part of the WDR 's request was not to act as " The PARTY " - Chairman, but you would also have allowed him the freedom to do on the show, what he likes. Sonneborn was of the view presenter Christine Westermann would not have coped with it. Allegations that the dismissal of the shipment would be connected with solar Borns boycott call the GEZ fees or the name of Johannes B. Kerner as overpaid Moderator replied a WDR spokeswoman: "If you invite the former editor in chief of the Titanic, then certainly not, a politically correct mission to make ". After a medial vertebrae and numerous viewer requests the WDR broadcasting was eventually rescheduled on October 20, 2009.

Together with the former Titanic editors Gsella Thomas and Oliver Maria Schmitt enters Martin Sonneborn as a satirist trio also under the name Titanic boy band.

After it was announced in January 2012 that the Constitutional protection monitors 27 deputies of the Left Party, to Sonneborn took part in the " Hello, protection of the constitution! Monitors us too! ".

The emitted from October 10, 2013 three-part series Sonneborn saves the world on ZDFneo was in 2014 awarded a Grimme Prize.

Private life

Sonneborn is married to an Armenian woman and has two daughters.

Publications

• "I did it for my country. " How Titanic once the 2006 World Cup brought to Germany: report of a successful bribery. Bombus, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-936261-37-7.
• The PARTY book: How to set up a party in Germany and takes power. Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, Cologne 2009, ISBN 3-462-04090-1.
• The PARTY audiobook. Read by Somuncu, realization: Simon Pe. WortArt, Cologne 2009 (2 CDs Booklet), ISBN 978-3-8371-0255-0.
• History: An expedition into the zone. ( Co -author: Andreas Coerper ) Ullstein Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-550-08791-2.
• (Ed. ) I also wants to be chancellor ... 999 photo jokes from the Berlin Republic. Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-462-04257-3.
• ( with Benjamin Schiffner ): Nonsense: And more. Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, 2012, ISBN 978-3-462-04475-1.

Filmography

• 2008: History
• 2009: PARTY