Alice Weidel
Alice Weidel MdB | |
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Weidel at CPAC Hungary 2025 | |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2025 Serving with Tino Chrupalla | |
| Chancellor | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Friedrich Merz |
| In office 24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021 Serving with Alexander Gauland | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
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| Succeeded by | Ralph Brinkhaus |
| Leader of the Alternative for Germany | |
| Assumed office 18 June 2022 Serving with Tino Chrupalla | |
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| Preceded by | Jörg Meuthen |
| Leader of the Alternative for Germany in the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2017 Serving with Tino Chrupalla | |
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| Chief Whip | Bernd Baumann |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | None |
| Leader of the Alternative for Germany in Baden-Württemberg | |
| In office 15 February 2020 – 17 July 2022 | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Alice Elisabeth Weidel 6 February 1979 Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Political party | AfD (since 2013) |
| Domestic partner | Sarah Bossard (since 2009) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Hans Weidel (grandfather) |
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| Alma mater | University of Bayreuth |
| Website | alice-weidel |
Alice Elisabeth Weidel (German: [aˈliːs eˈliːzabɛt ˈvaɪdl̩]; born 6 February 1979) is a German far-right[1][2][3] politician who has been serving as co-chairwoman of the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party alongside Tino Chrupalla since June 2022.[4] 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.[5] In the 2021 federal election, she once again served as their lead candidate, alongside Tino Chrupalla.[6] From February 2020 to July 2022, Weidel held the position of chairwoman of the AfD state association in Baden-Württemberg.[7] In 2024, she was selected as her party's candidate for Chancellor in the 2025 German federal election.
- ^ Connolly, Kate (23 March 2025). "How AfD's Alice Weidel went from German pariah to top opposition figure". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "'Perfect fig leaf': German AfD leader Alice Weidel helps 'normalise' her far-fight party". France 24. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "How Alice Weidel redefined Germany's far right – Euractiv". www.euractiv.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "Alice Weidel und Tino Chrupalla zum Führungsduo der AfD gewählt". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 18 June 2022. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Weidel und Chrupalla zu Spitzenkandidaten der AfD gewählt". Der Spiegel (in German). 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Chaos im Kampf um AfD-Landesvorsitz in BW – völkisch-national orientierte Kräfte gestärkt". SWR. 17 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.