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The AfD has elected three new members to its federal board. This means that the position of Andreas Kalbitz, whose membership was revoked in May, has also been filled.
At his party congress, the AfD held three seats on the federal executive board. In the vote at the party’s federal conference in Kalkar, North Rhine-Westphalia, three candidates prevailed on Saturday night who are most likely attributed to the moderate camp. Carsten Hütter, a member of the Saxon state parliament, was elected federal treasurer by a narrow majority. Hütter, who was previously deputy treasurer and therefore already a member of the board, had already assumed the position on an interim basis after the resignation of treasurer Klaus Fohrmann..
Christian Waldheim of Schleswig-Holstein became the new deputy treasurer of the party. He narrowly prevailed in a second round of the elections against Harald Weyel, a member of the Bundestag. The digital political spokesperson for the AfD parliamentary group, Joana Cotar, will be a member of the party’s executive committee in the future.
Successor to Andreas Kalbitz
This post was vacated following the departure of former Brandenburg AfD state president Andreas Kalbitz. His membership was revoked in May because he is said to have concealed previous memberships with the far-right, home-loyal German Youth (HDJ) and Republicans when he was accepted. The next regular board election is approximately one year from now.
Cotar, who comes from Hesse, said the AfD had to be confrontational in dealing with its political opponents, but that it would “become more understanding” with voters in general. She prevailed against European MP Maximilian Krah, who had demanded that Germany take a more broad position on foreign policy. He said, “We are also looking at Moscow, we are looking at Beijing.”
