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
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
(1941-02-20) 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.
Eberhardt AlexanderGauland (born 20 February 1941) is a German politician, journalist and lawyer who has served as leader of the right-wing political...
of the Bundestag since 2017. In November 2019, he was nominated by AlexanderGauland to replace him as co-chairman and later elected to the position. Since...
largest opposition party; its lead candidates were the co-vice chairman AlexanderGauland and Alice Weidel, the latter having served as the party group leader...
federal election, where she was the AfD's lead candidate alongside AlexanderGauland. In the 2021 federal election, she once again served as their lead...
cooperation pact with the FPÖ. In April 2016, AfD's vice-president AlexanderGauland also proposed an alliance with Marine Le Pen's National Rally. Therefore...
as a federal leader in 2015 but blamed his former party colleague AlexanderGauland for leading the AfD in a more extremist direction. Ulrich Raulff:...
is a "hinge between national conservatism and the extreme right”. AlexanderGauland, a co-founder of Alternative for Germany, has claimed that "Whoever...
Germany in Brandenburg In office 8 April 2017 – 15 May 2020 Preceded by AlexanderGauland Succeeded by vacant Leader of Alternative for Germany in the Landtag...
April 2017, a few months before he assumed the leadership of the AfD, AlexanderGauland released a press statement regarding the issue of family reunification...
European Dialogue, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2021) Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since...
included parodies of the candidates fighting each other; this included AlexanderGauland, who had a special move that involved Swastika imagery. When this...
v t e AfD Speaker: AlexanderGauland, Alice Weidel Other members: Baumann Bernhard Bleck Boehringer Brandner Braun Bühl Büttner Bystron Chrupalla Cotar...
from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023. Budweg, Alexander. "Linken-Mitglieder wollen Wagenknecht ausschließen". tagesschau.de (in...
nicht mehr" (English: "we can no longer do that"). That same month AlexanderGauland, the Brandenburg state chairman for the right-wing Alternative for...
founded Wahlalternative 2013 ("Electoral Alternative 2013") with AlexanderGauland, Frauke Petry and Konrad Adam to oppose the German government's handling...
Party The Left The Greens Opposition leaders Alice Weidel (AfD) & AlexanderGauland (AfD) History Election(s) 2017 federal election Legislature term(s)...
prevail in a power struggle with her party rivals Jörg Meuthen and AlexanderGauland, who accused her of splitting party ranks. Despite the internal strife...
List members AfD CDU FDP AlexanderGauland (1) René Springer (2) Steffen Kotré (3) Norbert Kleinwächter (4) Hannes Gnauck (5) Jens Koeppen (1) Uwe Feiler...
This included the portrayals of Angela Merkel as a sea monster and AlexanderGauland, who had a special move that involved Swastika imagery. When this...
Vice Chancellor of Austria Heinz-Christian Strache, Matteo Salvini, AlexanderGauland, Alice Weidel, and Nigel Farage, congratulated Orbán's election victory...
of the Ukrainian government richtige Faschisten ("true fascists"). AlexanderGauland of Alternative for Germany (AfD) had previously said that Russia would...
v t e AfD Speaker: AlexanderGauland, Alice Weidel Other members: Baumann Bernhard Bleck Boehringer Brandner Braun Bühl Büttner Bystron Chrupalla Cotar...
v t e AfD Speaker: AlexanderGauland, Alice Weidel Other members: Baumann Bernhard Bleck Boehringer Brandner Braun Bühl Büttner Bystron Chrupalla Cotar...
Gambir Schahina Tessa Ganserer Martin Gassner-Herz Matthias Gastel AlexanderGauland Manuel Gava Thomas Gebhart Kai Gehring Jonas Geissler Stefan Gelbhaar...
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