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Birgit Malsack-Winkemann

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Birgit Malsack-Winkemann
MdB a.D.
Malsack-Winkemann in 2020
Member of the Court of Arbitration
of the Alternative for Germany
for the Second Chamber
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 November 2020[1]
Serving with Walter Wissenbach, Roland Ulbrich[2]
Preceded byMonica-Ines Oppel
Member of the Bundestag
for Berlin
In office
24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyAlternative for Germany List
Personal details
Born (1964-08-12) 12 August 1964 (age 60)
Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany
Political partyAlternative for Germany (2013–)
Children2
Alma materHeidelberg University (Dr. jur.)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Judge
WebsiteBundestag 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]

Biography

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Malsack-Winkemann was born on 12 August 1964 in Darmstadt[7] and studied law[8] at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.[7] From 2003 to 2017 Malsack-Winkemann worked as a judge in the state of 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, 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]

December 2022 arrest

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Main article: 2022 German coup d'état plot

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]

References

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  1. ^ "Bundesschiedsgericht - Alternative für Deutschland". 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Bundesschiedsgericht - Alternative für Deutschland". 7 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022.
  3. ^ Joswig, Gareth (7 December 2022). "Umsturz-Verdächtige Malsack-Winkemann - Esoterikerin und QAnon-Anhängerin". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German).
  4. ^ Diekmann, Nicole (8 December 2022). "Nach Reichsbürger-Razzia - Wie gefährlich ist die AfD?". www.zdf.de (in German).
  5. ^ Löer, Wigbert (8 December 2022). "Erst für die AfD im Bundestag, nun als mutmaßliche Terroristin verhaftet – wer ist Birgit Malsack-Winkemann?". www.stern.de (in German).
  6. ^ Crossland, David. "Former German MP 'smuggled coup plotters into Reichstag'". Times. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d "Biografie. Dr. Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, AfD Juristin". Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  8. ^ "AfD beendet Kandidatenkür für die Wahl". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German).
  9. ^ Gürgen, Malene (19 October 2017). "AfD im Bundestag: Sie kommen …". Die Tageszeitung: Taz – via taz.de.
  10. ^ RBB24.de: Mit holprigem Start in Richtung Bundestag Archived 24 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine, June 2021
  11. ^ "Bundesweite Razzia wegen geplanten Staatsstreichs". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup". BBC. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  13. ^ Philip Oltermann (7 December 2022). "Key figures behind alleged far-right plot to overthrow the German government". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  14. ^ de Cristofaro, Pietro (21 May 2024). "Germany's Prince Reuss in court accused of leading 'Reichsbürger' coup plot that shocked the country". The Independent.
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