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Martin Sonneborn (born 15 May 1965) is a German satirist and Member of the European Parliament.〔http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124834/MARTIN_SONNEBORN_home.html〕 He was editor-in-chief of the satiricial magazine ''Titanic'' from 2000 to 2005 and works for ''Spiegel Online'' and ''ZDF''. He became famous for a bribery affair in 2000 regarding the 2006 FIFA World Cup assignment to Germany, in which he offered FIFA officials a small gift for their vote in favor of Germany. == Early life and career == Sonneborn went to school in Osnabrück and studied Communication, German and Politics in Münster, Vienna and Berlin. His magister thesis covered the satirical magazine ''Titanic'' "and the range of effectivity of satire". After undertaking an internship at satirical magazine ''Eulenspiegel'' in 1995, Sonneborn started writing for ''Titanic'', whose editor-in-chief he became in 2000. He was superseded by Thomas Gsella in October 2005, but remained column writer until April 2012. He has been co-editor of ''Titanic'' since 2006. In August 2004, Sonneborn founded the satirical political party Die PARTEI, one of whose aims is to rebuild the Berlin Wall around Germany. He has been its chairman since 2004 and was top candidate in Berlin state election, 2011. Along with director Andreas Coerper, Sonneborn filmed a documentary about the party's development and activities from foundation until 2009.Sonneborn is staff leader of satirical column ''SPAM'' at ''Spiegel Online'' since November 2006 and reporter for the satirical TV programme ''heute-show'' on ''ZDF'' since May 2009. He regularly holds readings both discretely and as part of the trio ''Titanic Boygroup'', together with Thomas Gsella and Oliver Maria Schmitt who preceded Sonneborn as editor-in-chief. After joining the European Parliament in 2014, he had to quit his jobs at Spiegel Online and ZDF since both companies wanted to stay objective in presenting politics. He is member of the European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education (CULT),〔 member of the Korea-delegation and substitute of the European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Sonneborn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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