Birgit Malsack-Winkemann MdB a.D. | |
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Member of the Court of Arbitration of the Alternative for Germany for the Second Chamber | |
Assumed office 29 November 2020[1] Serving with Walter Wissenbach, Roland Ulbrich[2] | |
Preceded by | Monica-Ines Oppel |
Member of the Bundestag for Berlin | |
In office 24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | multi-member district |
Succeeded by | multi-member district |
Constituency | Alternative for Germany List |
Personal details | |
Born | Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany | 12 August 1964
Political party | Alternative for Germany (2013–) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Heidelberg University (Dr. jur.) |
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Website | Bundestag website |
Birgit Malsack-Winkemann (born 12 August 1964) is a German far-right[3][4][5] politician and former judge, and a member of the Patriotic Union. She was a member of the 19th Bundestag from 2017 to 2021 for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), of which she has been a member since 2013. After losing re-election to the Bundestag in 2021, Winkemann returned to her previous position as a judge in the Berlin regional court.
On 7 December 2022, she was arrested during a large-scale raid against an alleged right-wing terrorist association with roots stemming from within the Reichsbürger movement.[6]
Malsack-Winkemann was born on 12 August 1964 in Darmstadt[7] and studied jurisprudence[8] at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.[7] From 2003 to 2017 Malsack-Winkemann was a judge for legal affairs in Berlin.[7] In 2013 she joined the newly founded AfD and became a member of the Bundestag in 2017.[9] In June 2021 she was nominated in 5th position on the AfD state candidate list for Bundestag[clarification needed This doesn't make sense in English], after she lost against Georg Pazderski - with the state party only winning 3 seats proportionally allocated seats, she lost re-election.[10]
She has been a member of the AfD's party Court of Arbitration since June 2022.[2]
Malsack-Winkemann has two children.[7]
In the morning of 7 December 2022, she was arrested for her alleged involvement with a group of right-wing extremists connected to the Reichsbürger movement, which had planned a coup against the German government.[11][12] She would have become the Minister of Justice of the government which would be formed if they had managed to realise their plan.[13]
At a trial that started on 21 May 2024, Malsack-Winkemann and eight other defendants were charged with terrorism and high treason.[14]
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