Tino Chrupalla

Tino Chrupalla (born 14 April 1975) is a German politician, and Member of the Bundestag since 2017 of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party. In November 2019 he was nominated by Alexander Gauland to replace him as co-chairman and duly elected to that position.[1]

Tino Chrupalla
Chrupalla in 2019
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Personal details
Born(1975-04-14)14 April 1975
NationalityGerman
Political partyAfD

Life and politics

Chrupalla was born 1975 in Weißwasser in eastern Germany and passed his Meister exam (Meisterprüfung) as House painter and decorator in 2003.[2]

Chrupalla entered the AfD in 2015 and defeated the later Minister-President of Saxony Michael Kretschmer in the electoral ward of Görlitz [ de ] in the 2017 German federal election.[3]

He is one of five vice-chief whips of the AfD federal parliamentary group.[4]

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References
  1. "AfD wählt Tino Chrupalla zum Nachfolger von Gauland". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. Fromm, Anne (January 2, 2018). "„Sächsische Zeitung" und die AfD: „Da gehört er hin"". Taz.de. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  3. "AfD gewinnt an der Neiße". Sächsische Zeitung (in German). 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017.
  4. Biermann, Kai; Geisler, Astrid; Holzinger, Christina; Middelhoff, Paul; Polke-Majewski, Karsten; Steffen, Tilman (October 24, 2017). "AfD-Abgeordnete: Rechts bis extrem im Bundestag". Zeit.de. Retrieved 2 September 2019.


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