Kurt Kleinschmidt | |
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State Chairman of Alternative for Germany in Schleswig-Holstein | |
Assumed office 27 August 2022 | |
Member of the Bundestag from Schleswig-Holstein | |
Assumed office 2025 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 7 February 1967 |
Political party | Alternative for Germany |
Kurt Klaus Kleinschmidt (born 7 February 1967) is a former German military officer and a politician from the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Kleinschmidt hails from Bavaria and now lives in North Friesland. [1] A former soldier,he had a military career including being stationed in Kosovo and Afghanistan. [2] [3] On 1 April 2022 Kleinschmidt became an armed forces reservist in the German armed forces. [2] On 27 August 2022,he was elected chairman of Alternative for Germany in Schleswig-Holstein. [4] In the Schleswig-Holstein state election in May 2022,the party had lost all their seats. [5] In the 2023 local elections,Kleinschmidt was a candidate for North Friesland and Leck. [6]
On 3 November 2024,Kleinschmidt was selected as the top candidate in Schleswig-Holstein in the 2025 German federal election. [7] With 51 percent of the votes,party delegates elected Kleinschmidt to first place on the state list for the federal election. [8] In the election he was elected. [9]