Young Alternative for Germany

Young Alternative for Germany
Junge Alternative für Deutschland
ChairpersonHannes Gnauck[1]
Founded15 June 2013 (2013-06-15)
HeadquartersBerlin
Membership800 (2016)[2]: 202 
IdeologyRight-wing populism
PositionFar-right
Mother partyAlternative for Germany
Websitewww.jungealternative.de

The Young Alternative for Germany (German: Junge Alternative für Deutschland or JA) is a right-wing extremist youth organisation in Germany. Founded on 15 June 2013 in Darmstadt for people aged 14 to 35 years, the JA presents itself as the youth wing of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, but remains legally independent.[3] It has been categorized as a confirmed extremist organization by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) since 2023.[4]

Its chairman is Hannes Gnauck,[1][5] and its vice-chairpersons are Sven Kachelmann, Tomasz Froelich and Nils Hartwig.[5]

Logo until 2019
  1. ^ a b "Junge Alternative wählt als Extremisten eingestuften Soldaten zum Bundesvorsitzenden" [Junge Alternative elects soldier classified as extremist as federal chairman]. Der Spiegel (in German). 16 October 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ALH was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Bernd Lucke und die wilde Jugend" (in German). N24. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference bfv was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b "Bundesvorstand". Bundesvorstand Alternative für Deutschland (in German). AfD. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

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