Alice Weidel

Alice Weidel
Weidel in 2019, on the election night of the 2019 Saxony state election
Leader of the Alternative for Germany
Assumed office
18 June 2022
Serving with Tino Chrupalla
DeputyStephan Brandner
Peter Boehringer
Mariana Harder-Kühnel
Preceded byJörg Meuthen
Leader of the Alternative for Germany in the Bundestag
Assumed office
26 September 2017
Serving with Tino Chrupalla
Chief WhipBernd Baumann
DeputyPeter Felser
Leif-Erik Holm
Sebastian Münzenmaier
Beatrix von Storch
Preceded byPosition established
Leader of Alternative for Germany in Baden-Württemberg
In office
15 February 2020 – 17 July 2022
DeputyMartin Hess
Marc Jongen
Markus Frohnmaier
Preceded byBernd Gögel
Dirk Spaniel
Succeeded byMarkus Frohnmaier
Emil Sänze
Leader of the Opposition
In office
24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021
Serving with Alexander Gauland
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded bySahra Wagenknecht
Dietmar Bartsch
Succeeded byRalph Brinkhaus
Member of the Bundestag
for Baden-Württemberg
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Preceded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyAfD List
Personal details
Born
Alice Elisabeth Weidel

(1979-02-06) 6 February 1979 (age 45)
Gütersloh, West Germany
Political partyAlternative for Germany
Domestic partnerSarah Bossard
Children2
Residences
Alma materUniversity of Bayreuth

Alice Elisabeth Weidel (born 6 February 1979) is a German politician who has been serving as co-chairwoman of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party alongside Tino Chrupalla since June 2022.[1] Since October 2017, she has held the position of leader of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag. Weidel became a member of the Bundestag (MdB) in the 2017 federal election, where she was the AfD's lead candidate alongside Alexander Gauland.[2] In the 2021 federal election, she once again served as their lead candidate, alongside Tino Chrupalla.[3] From February 2020 to July 2022, Weidel held the position of chairwoman of the AfD state association in Baden-Württemberg.[4]

  1. ^ Deutschlandfunk (18 June 2022). "Alice Weidel und Tino Chrupalla zum Führungsduo der AfD gewählt". Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ^ Grieshaber, Kirsten (23 April 2017). "Germany's AfD party elects Alexander Gauland and Alice Weidel as general election candidates". The Independent. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  3. ^ Der Spiegel (25 May 2021). "Weidel und Chrupalla zu Spitzenkandidaten der AfD gewählt". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. ^ SWR (17 July 2022). "Chaos im Kampf um AfD-Landesvorsitz in BW - völkisch-national orientierte Kräfte gestärkt". SWR. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

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