Frauke Petry

Frauke Petry
MdB a.D.
Frauke Petry MdB a.D.
	Petry in 2016
Leader of Die Blaue Partei
	In office; 14 October 2017 – 31 December 2019
Deputy	Michael Muster ; Alexander Langguth ; Hubertus von Below
Preceded by	Michael Muster
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Leader of the Alternative for Germany
	In office; 4 July 2015 – 29 September 2017 Serving with Jörg Meuthen
Preceded by	Bernd Lucke
Succeeded by	Jörg Meuthen
Member of the Bundestag ; for Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
	In office; 24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021
Preceded by	Klaus Brähmig
Succeeded by	Steffen Janich
Preceded by
Saxony state politics ; (2013–2019)
Leader of the Alternative for Germany in Saxony
	In office; 28 April 2013 – 26 September 2017
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Jörg Urban
Leader of the Alternative for Germany in the Landtag of Saxony
	In office; 3 September 2014 – 30 September 2017
Deputy	Jörg Urban
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Jörg Urban
Member of the Landtag of Saxony
	In office; 29 September 2014 – 1 October 2019
Constituency	AfD List
Personal details
Born	Frauke Marquardt; 1 June 1975 (age 49); Dresden, East Germany
Political party	Independent (2019–present); Blue Party (2017–2019); AfD (2013–2017)
Other political; affiliations	European Conservatives and Reformists
Spouses	Sven Petry (m. 1998; div. 2016); Marcus Pretzell; (m. 2016);
Children	6
Residence(s)	Frohburg, Germany
Education	University of Reading ; University of Göttingen
Occupation	Politician

Frauke Petry (German: [ˈfʁaʊkə ˈpeːtʁiː]; née Marquardt; born 1 June 1975) 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Petry had formerly served as one of three party spokespersons from 2013 to 2015,^[5] and became leader in 2015, displacing the party's founder Bernd Lucke after an internal power struggle; Lucke subsequently left the party and said it has "fallen irretrievably into the wrong hands" after Petry's election. Petry left the party in turn after stating it had become "anarchical" and unable to provide a "credible platform".^[6]

Petry is noted for her anti-immigration and anti-Islamic views, for her calls to ban minarets,^[7] and for arguing that German police forces should "use firearms if necessary" to prevent illegal border-crossings in Europe.^[8] She led the Blue Party until its dissolution in late 2019.^[9]

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^ "AfD: Lucke-Anhänger wollen neue Partei gründen". Der Spiegel (in German). 13 July 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
^ "+++ German election, the day after - live updates +++ – DW – 09/25/2017". dw.com.
^ Huggler, Justin (May 2016). "Far right AfD party says Muslims not welcome in Germany". The Telegraph.
^ "Refugees should be shot 'if necessary', says party leader in Germany". Independent.co.uk. 31 January 2016.
^ SPIEGEL, DER (5 November 2019). "Frauke Petry kündigt Ende ihrer "Blauen Partei" an – DER SPIEGEL – Politik". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2020.

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[chairwoman-5] "AfD: Lucke-Anhänger wollen neue Partei gründen". Der Spiegel (in German). 13 July 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

[dw.com-6] "+++ German election, the day after - live updates +++ – DW – 09/25/2017". dw.com.

[telegraph-7] Huggler, Justin (May 2016). "Far right AfD party says Muslims not welcome in Germany". The Telegraph.

[8] "Refugees should be shot 'if necessary', says party leader in Germany". Independent.co.uk. 31 January 2016.

[:0-9] SPIEGEL, DER (5 November 2019). "Frauke Petry kündigt Ende ihrer "Blauen Partei" an – DER SPIEGEL – Politik". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2020.

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