2024-08-25 06:56:36
He has led the state party in Saxony-Anhalt since 2018 – now AfD Bundestag member Martin Reichardt has been re-elected.
Martin Reichardt, a member of the Bundestag, has been re-elected as the state chairman of the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt. At a state party conference in Magdeburg, he received around 84.8 percent approval. Two years ago, approval was at 93.4 percent. Reichardt is also a member of his party’s federal executive board.
The 55-year-old has been the regional head of the Alternative for Germany since 2018. Before joining the AfD, Reichardt was already a member of other parties – the SPD, the FDP and the Republicans. Reichardt has been a member of the Bundestag since 2017 and is the AfD parliamentary group’s family policy spokesman.
In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD is the second strongest party in the state parliament after the CDU. With 23 of 97 MPs, it is the largest opposition faction in parliament. Reichardt announced that he wants to become the state premier after the next state election in 2026.
In November, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt as definitely right-wing extremist. According to the information, numerous racist, anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic statements by officials and elected representatives were evaluated.