Kay Gottschalk
MdB
Gottschalk in 2020
Deputy Leader of the Alternative for Germany
In office
2 December 2017 – 1 December 2019
Serving with Beatrix von Storch
LeaderAlexander Gauland
Jörg Meuthen
Preceded byAlexander Gauland
Succeeded byAndreas Kalbitz
Chair of the Wirecard scandal inquiry Committee
In office
18 October 2020 – 25 June 2021
DeputyHans Michelbach
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Bundestag
for North Rhine-Westphalia
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Preceded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyAlternative for Germany List
Personal details
Born (1965-12-12) 12 December 1965 (age 58)
Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partyAlternative for Germany (2013–)
ResidenceNettetal
Occupation
  • Politician
  • insurance manager
  • Businessman
WebsiteOfficial website

Kay Gottschalk (born 12 December 1965) is a German politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and member of the German federal parliament.

Life and politics

Gottschalk was born 1965 in Hamburg and studied business administration and law. He went on to become an insurance manager.[1][2]

At the 2017 German federal election he was elected member of parliament through a list place in North Rhine-Westphalia.[1]

In December 2017 he was elected as a deputy leader of the AfD.[3] Since 2019 he was married. His husband died on March 1, 2023.[4]

Following Russian invasion of Ukraine, Gottschalk, alongside AfD MEP Guido Reil and a delegation of NRW Landtag visited Ukraine and declared solidarity, representing a minority in the generally pro-Russian party.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "AfD-Abgeordnete: Rechts bis extrem im Bundestag". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Kay Gottschalk". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Flügelschlagen unter Aufsicht von Gauland und Meuthen" (in German). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  4. ^ Queer.de: AfD-Abgeordneter outet sich im Bundestag als schwul, March 2, 2023
  5. ^ "Alternative for Russia: How the AfD is systematically turning towards Russia". correctiv.org. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.


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