Federal elections were held in Germany on 24 September 2017 to elect the members of the 19th Bundestag. At stake were at least 598 seats in the Bundestag,as well as 111 overhang and leveling seats determined thereafter.
Alternative for Germany is a far-right and right-wing populist political party in Germany. The AfD is Eurosceptic,and opposes immigration to Germany –especially of Muslims. The German judiciary has classified the party as a "suspected extremist" party,although it does not reject democracy.
Bernd Lucke is a German economist,professor,author and former politician. He was a co-founder of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in 2013 and served as the party's federal chairman. He was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for AfD in 2014.
Frauke Petry is a German politician who chaired the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from July 2015 to September 2017. A chemist by training and with a professional background as a businesswoman,some political scientists described Petry as a representative of the national conservative wing of that party.
Eberhardt Alexander Gauland is a German politician,journalist and lawyer who has served as leader of the right-wing political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the Bundestag since September 2017 and co-leader of the party from December 2017 to November 2019. He has been a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) since September 2017. Gauland was the party's co-founder and was its federal spokesman from 2017 to 2019 and the party leader for the state of Brandenburg from 2013 to 2017.
Björn Höcke is a German politician and a member of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). Along with Andreas Kalbitz,Höcke was the leader of the AfD's far-right Der Flügel faction,which the German government's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution declared a right-wing extremist organization.
Jörg Hubert Meuthen is a German economist,academic and Independent politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Germany from 2017 until 2024.
Tino Chrupalla is a German politician of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party,and Member of the Bundestag since 2017. In November 2019,he was nominated by Alexander Gauland to replace him as co-chairman and later elected to the position. Since 2019,Chrupalla has served as chairman and lead spokesman for the AfD.
Joana Cotar is a German politician who has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2017 German federal election. Until November 2022,she was a member for the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Roland Hartwig is a German politician for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and member of the Bundestag between 2017 and 2021.
Udo Hemmelgarn is a German politician for the party Alternative for Germany (AfD) and a member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2021.
Bruno Hollnagel is a German politician and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.
Stefan Keuter is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and a member of the Bundestag since 2017.
Der Flügel is a far-right faction within Germany's Alternative for Germany,a right-wing populist opposition party. The group was led by Björn Höcke and Andreas Kalbitz. Approximately 20 percent of AfD members are organized also in the "Flügel". Following the request by the AfD executive board to dissolve Der Flügel by the end of April 2020,the group's online presence went offline. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) has no reliable knowledge of an actual dissolution. Within the party,Der Flügel now calls itself the "social-patriotic faction".
Frank Pasemann is a German politician. He got excluded from the party in 2020. Pasemann has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 2017.
Martin Renner is a German politician of Alternative for Germany (AfD),previously of CDU. Martin Renner has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.
Dirk Spaniel is a German politician. Dirk Spaniel has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2017.
The Desiderius Erasmus Stiftung e.V. is a German political party foundation. It is politically associated with but independent of the right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD). The foundation's headquarters are located in Berlin. Its current chairwoman is the former Christian-democratic Member of Parliament Erika Steinbach.
Events in the year 2023 in Germany.
