Frauke Petry
| Frauke Petry | |
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Petry in 2015
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| Chairwoman of Alternative für Deutschland | |
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Assumed office 4 July 2015 |
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| Born |
Frauke Marquardt 1 June 1975 Dresden, East Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) |
| Domestic partner | Marcus Pretzell (2015-present) |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Frohburg, Germany |
| Education |
University of Reading University of Göttingen |
| Occupation | Chemist, businesswoman, politician |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Frauke Petry (née Marquardt; born 1 June 1975) is a German politician, who has been party chairwoman of the Alternative for Germany party since 4 July 2015. Petry is described as a representative of the far-right wing within her party by political scientist Cas Mudde, but rejects the label and considers herself to be a national conservative.
She was formerly one of three party spokespersons from 2013 to 2015, and became leader in 2015 by displacing the party's founder Bernd Lucke after an internal power struggle; Lucke subsequently left the party and said it has "fallen irretrievably into the wrong hands" after Petry's election. Petry is noted for her anti-Muslim views and for her calls to ban minarets, and for arguing that German police should use firearms "as a last resort" to prevent illegal border-crossings. She is a chemist and small businesswoman by education and professional background.
Petry was born in Dresden, and grew up in Schwarzheide in Brandenburg near Saxony up to 1989. In 1992 her family moved to Bergkamen in Westphalia. Petry took her first degree in chemistry at the University of Reading in 1998, before attending the University of Göttingen, gaining a doctoral degree there in 2004.
Petry is described as a representative of the far-right wing of her party by political scientist Cas Mudde. She describes herself as national-conservative and supporting policies of "national self-determinism." Der Spiegel reports that her electoral success on 4 July 2015, which gave her the reins of leadership in the AfD in preference to Bernd Lucke, the founder, was made possible by the national-conservative wing of the party. Bernd Lucke's wing did not have the majority.
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