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Andreas Kalbitz | |
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Leader of the Opposition in the Landtag of Brandenburg | |
In office 25 September 2019 –18 August 2020 | |
Preceded by | Ingo Senftleben |
Succeeded by | Hans-Christoph Berndt |
Leader of the Alternative for Germany in Brandenburg | |
In office 8 April 2017 –15 May 2020 | |
Preceded by | Alexander Gauland |
Succeeded by | vacant |
Leader of Alternative for Germany in the Landtag of Brandenburg | |
In office 7 November 2017 –18 August 2020 | |
Preceded by | Alexander Gauland |
Succeeded by | Hans-Christoph Berndt |
Member of the Landtag of Brandenburg | |
Assumed office 8 October 2014 | |
Constituency | State Wide Party List |
Personal details | |
Born | Andreas Edwin Kalbitz 17 November 1972 Munich,Bavaria,West Germany |
Political party | Independent (2020–present) |
Other political affiliations | Alternative for Germany (2013–2020) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences (no degree) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Germany |
Branch/service | Bundeswehr |
Years of service | 1994–2005 |
Rank | Oberfeldwebel |
Unit | Army (Heer) |
Andreas Kalbitz (born 17 November 1972) is a German politician and was from 2013 to 2020 member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 chairman of the faction of his former party in the Landtag of Brandenburg,a state parliament. [1]
Kalbitz was born 1972 in Munich and became a paratrooper in the Bundeswehr,the German federal army from 1994 until 2005. [2] His claims that in 2008 he had studied Informatik (computer science) proved false in 2017. [3] Kalbitz was member of various extremist right-wing organisations before he entered the newly founded AfD in 2013. [1]
In May 2020 Kalbitz was removed as Brandenburg Landtag chairman by the party leadership after he was accused of concealing ties to far-right extremist groups. He was succeeded by provisional leader Dennis Hohloch . [4] Also in May,the AfD annulled the membership of Kalbitz,who in response vowed to "exhaust all legal options" to overrule the decision. [5] In an interview the same month,co-spokesman of the AfD Jörg Meuthen emphasized that the decision had been made on legal rather than political grounds. [6]
In August 2020,Kalbitz punched Hohloch while inside the Brandenburg parliament building,causing Hohloch to be admitted to hospital with internal injuries. [7] [8]
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