Tino Chrupalla
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Tino Chrupalla | |
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Leader of the Alternative for Germany | |
Assumed office 30 November 2019 Serving with Jörg Meuthen | |
Deputy | Alice Weidel Stephan Brandner Beatrix von Storch |
Preceded by | Alexander Gauland |
Member of the Bundestag for Görlitz | |
Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
Preceded by | Michael Kretschmer |
Personal details | |
Born | Weißwasser, East Germany (now Germany) | 14 April 1975
Nationality | German |
Political party | AfD |
Tino Chrupalla (born 14 April 1975) is a German politician, and Member of the Bundestag since 2017[1] of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party. In November 2019 he was nominated by Alexander Gauland to replace him as co-chairman and duly elected to that position.[2]
Life and politics[]
Chrupalla was born 1975 in Weißwasser[1] in eastern Germany and passed his Meister exam (Meisterprüfung) as House painter and decorator in 2003.[1][3][failed verification] He runs a construction company.[4]
In the 1990s, Tino Chrupalla joined the Christian Democratic Youth, linked to the CDU. Chrupalla entered the AfD in 2015 and in 2016 was elected to its district committee for Görlitz.[1] At the 2017 German federal election, he defeated Michael Kretschmer, later Minister-President of Saxony, in the electoral district of Görlitz.[5]
Chrupalla is one of five deputy chief whips of the AfD federal parliamentary group.[6]
External links[]
- Official website (german)
- Tino Chrupalla at abgeordnetenwatch.de (german)
- Biography at the Bundestag (german)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Biography on the website of the Bundestag". bundestag.de. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "AfD wählt Tino Chrupalla zum Nachfolger von Gauland". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ Fromm, Anne (January 2, 2018). "„Sächsische Zeitung" und die AfD: „Da gehört er hin"". Taz.de. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ https://www.ouest-france.fr/europe/allemagne/allemagne-tino-chrupalla-le-nouveau-visage-lisse-d-une-extreme-droite-encore-plus-radicale-6637065
- ^ "AfD gewinnt an der Neiße". Sächsische Zeitung (in German). 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017.
- ^ Biermann, Kai; Geisler, Astrid; Holzinger, Christina; Middelhoff, Paul; Polke-Majewski, Karsten; Steffen, Tilman (October 24, 2017). "AfD-Abgeordnete: Rechts bis extrem im Bundestag". Zeit.de. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- 1975 births
- Alternative for Germany politicians
- Members of the Bundestag for Saxony
- Living people
- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
- Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany
- Alternative for Germany politicians stubs