Stephan Brandner

Stephan Brandner (born 29 May 1966) is a German far-right politician. He has been a member of the German Bundestag for Alternative for Germany (AfD) since 2017 and served as chairman of the Bundestag's Legal Affairs Committee from 31 January 2018 to November 2019. He was the front runner candidate of the AfD in the state of Thuringia for the 2017 German federal election. Since November 2019, Brandner has been one of three chairman deputies of the AfD.

Stephan Brandner
Stephan Brandner in 2016
Deputy Leader of the Alternative for Germany
Assumed office
30 November 2019
LeaderJörg Meuthen
Tino Chrupalla
Preceded byAlbrecht Glaser
Chair of the Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection Committee
In office
31 January 2018 – 13 November 2019
Preceded bySiegfried Kauder
Succeeded byHeribert Hirte
Member of the Bundestag
for Thuringia
Assumed office
24 September 2017
ConstituencyAlternative for Germany List
Member of the Landtag of Thuringia
In office
14 September 2014 – 24 September 2017
ConstituencyAlternative for Germany List
Personal details
Born (1966-05-29) 29 May 1966
Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partyAfD (2013-present)

Biography

Stephan Brandner was born on 29 May 1966 in Herten. He became an Industriekaufmann and then studied law at Universität Regensburg. Since 1997 he has been working as a lawyer, previously in Munich, then in Gera.

He is member of KStV Agilolfia Regensburg in Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine.

Controversies

After the Halle synagogue shooting, Brandner shared a message on Twitter, criticizing that politicians were "lingering" with candles in front of synagogues and mosques, whereas the two casualties were neither Jews nor Muslims, but "organic Gemans". Social Democratic politicians and associations of German lawyers called on Brandner to resign from his office as chairman of the Bundestag's Legal Affairs Committee.[1][2] Brandner is close to the positions of the ultra-nationalist wing (Der Flügel) within the AfD.[3]

References
  1. WELT (2019-10-16). "AfD-Politiker Brandner: "Nicht geeignet, diesen Ausschuss zu führen"". Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  2. "Äußerungen zu Halle: Juristenverbände fordern Rücktritt von AfD-Mann Brandner von Rechtsausschuss-Vorsitz". www.handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  3. https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/afd-der-fluegel-flattert-trotz-aufloesungsbeschluss-weiter-a-782f1b69-31a8-44e0-94a4-b78426c86a31
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