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    Alice Elisabeth Weidel is a German politician who has been serving as co-chairwoman of the far-right Alternative for Germany party alongside Tino Chrupalla since June 2022. She is considered to be part of the more moderate conservative Alternative Mitte faction within the AfD.
    BornAlice Elisabeth Weidel · 6 February 1979 · Gütersloh, West Germany
    Political partyAlternative for Germany
    Children2 (adopted)
    Alma materUniversity of Bayreuth
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    Early life and career

    Weidel was born in Gütersloh and grew up in Harsewinkel, where she graduated from a Christliches Jugenddorfwerk Deutschlands (CJD) Gymnasium in 1998. She studied economics and business administration at the … See more

    Politics

    Weidel joined the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in October 2013. According to Weidel, she was first attracted to the party due to her opposition to the euro. She was elected to the federal executive committee of the AfD i… See more

    Political positions

    Weidel vigorously defends economic liberalism and declares former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to be her role model.
    In terms of economic policy, Weidel argued against the … See more

    Controversies

    In April 2017, Weidel railed against political correctness, saying that it belonged in the "dustbin of history". In response, on 27 April, TV presenter Christian Ehring of the satire program extra 3 addressed this, saying "Th… See more

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