Alexander Gauland

Alexander Gauland
MdB
Alexander Gauland MdB
	Gauland in 2019
Leader of the Alternative for Germany
	In office; 2 December 2017 – 30 November 2019 Serving with Jörg Meuthen
Preceded by	Frauke Petry
Succeeded by	Tino Chrupalla
Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021 Serving with Alice Weidel
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Sahra Wagenknecht ; Dietmar Bartsch
Succeeded by	Ralph Brinkhaus
Leader of the Alternative for Germany in the Bundestag
	In office; 26 September 2017 – 30 September 2021 Serving with Alice Weidel
Chief Whip	Bernd Baumann
Deputy	Tino Chrupalla; Peter Felser; Leif-Erik Holm; Sebastian Münzenmaier; Beatrix von Storch
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Tino Chrupalla
State Secretary and Chief of the Hessian State Chancellery
	In office; 24 April 1987 – 5 April 1991
Minister-President	Walter Wallmann
Preceded by	Paul Leo Giani
Succeeded by	Hans Joachim Suchan
Member of the Bundestag ; for Brandenburg
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 October 2017
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	AfD List
Preceded by
Brandenburg state politics ; (2014 – 2017)
Leader of the Alternative for Germany in Brandenburg
	In office; February 2014 – 8 April 2017
Preceded by	Roland Scheel (2013)
Succeeded by	Andreas Kalbitz
Leader of Alternative for Germany in the Landtag of Brandenburg
	In office; 21 September 2014 – 25 October 2017
Deputy	Birgit Bessin; Thomas Jung
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Andreas Kalbitz
Member of the Landtag of Brandenburg
	In office; 8 October 2014 – 25 October 2017
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Jan-Ulrich Weiß
Constituency	AfD List
Personal details
Born	Alexander Eberhardt Gauland; 20 February 1941 (age 83); Chemnitz, German Reich
Political party	Alternative for Germany (2013–present)
Other political; affiliations	Christian Democratic Union (1973–2013)
Domestic partner	Carola Hein
Children	2
Alma mater	University 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]

^ "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.

[AFDB-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.

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