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Alice Weidel | |
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 Weidel in 2019 | |
| Leader of the Alternative for Germany | |
| Assumed office 18 June 2022 Serving with Tino Chrupalla | |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Jörg Meuthen |
| Leader of the Alternative for Germany in the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2017 Serving with Tino Chrupalla | |
| Chief Whip | Bernd Baumann |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Leader of the Alternative for Germany in Baden-Württemberg | |
| In office 15 February 2020 – 17 July 2022 | |
| Deputy | |
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| Succeeded by |
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| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021 Serving with Alexander Gauland | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Brinkhaus |
| Member of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | AfD List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alice Elisabeth Weidel 6 February 1979 Gütersloh, West Germany |
| Political party | Alternative for Germany |
| Domestic partner | Sarah Bossard |
| Children | 2 (adopted) |
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| Alma mater | University of Bayreuth |
| Website | alice-weidel |
Alice Elisabeth Weidel (born 6 February 1979) is a German politician who has been serving as co-chairwoman of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party alongside Tino Chrupalla since June 2022.[1] 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.[2] In the 2021 federal election, she once again served as their lead candidate, alongside Tino Chrupalla.[3] From February 2020 to July 2022, Weidel held the position of chairwoman of the AfD state association in Baden-Württemberg.[4] In 2024, she was selected as her party's candidate for Chancellor in the upcoming 2025 German federal election.
- ^ "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.