Alexander Gauland

Alexander Gauland
Gauland in 2019
Leader of the Alternative for Germany
In office
2 December 2017 – 30 November 2019
Serving with Jörg Meuthen
Preceded byFrauke Petry
Succeeded byTino Chrupalla
Leader of the Opposition
In office
24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021
Serving with Alice Weidel
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded bySahra Wagenknecht
Dietmar Bartsch
Succeeded byRalph Brinkhaus
Leader of the Alternative for Germany in the Bundestag
In office
26 September 2017 – 30 September 2021
Serving with Alice Weidel
Chief WhipBernd Baumann
DeputyTino Chrupalla
Peter Felser
Leif-Erik Holm
Sebastian Münzenmaier
Beatrix von Storch
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTino Chrupalla
State Secretary and Chief of the Hessian State Chancellery
In office
24 April 1987 – 5 April 1991
Minister-PresidentWalter Wallmann
Preceded byPaul Leo Giani
Succeeded byHans Joachim Suchan
Member of the Bundestag
for Brandenburg
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Preceded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyAfD List
Brandenburg state politics
(2014 – 2017)
Leader of the Alternative for Germany in Brandenburg
In office
February 2014 – 8 April 2017
Preceded byRoland Scheel (2013)
Succeeded byAndreas Kalbitz
Leader of Alternative for Germany in the Landtag of Brandenburg
In office
21 September 2014 – 25 October 2017
DeputyBirgit Bessin
Thomas Jung
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAndreas Kalbitz
Member of the Landtag of Brandenburg
In office
8 October 2014 – 25 October 2017
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byJan-Ulrich Weiß
ConstituencyAfD List
Personal details
Born
Alexander Eberhardt Gauland

(1941-02-20) 20 February 1941 (age 83)
Chemnitz, German Reich
Political partyAlternative for Germany (2013–present)
Other political
affiliations
Christian Democratic Union (1973–2013)
Domestic partnerCarola Hein
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Marburg

Eberhardt Alexander Gauland (born 20 February 1941) 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 .[1]

  1. ^ "Bewerbungsprofil für Kandidaten für die Landtagswahl 2014 in Brandenburg Alexander Gauland" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.