AfD Hessen

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AfD Hessen
Robert Lambrou
Robert Lambrou 		Klaus Herrmann
Klaus Herrmann 		Alternative-for-Germany-Logo-2013.svg
Chairperson Robert Lambrou
Klaus Herrmann
Deputy Markus Fuchs
Heiko Scholz
Treasurer Bernd Vohl
Establishment date May 5, 2013
Place of foundation Frankfurt am Main
Headquarters Wasserweg 4
60594 Frankfurt am Main
Landtag mandates
19/137
Number of members 2,840 (as of December 2018)
Website afd-hessen.de

The AFD Hesse is the Hessian state association of the party Alternative for Germany . The state chairmen are Robert Lambrou and Klaus Herrmann . With Rainer Rahn as the top candidate, the state party moved into the Hessian state parliament for the first time as the fourth strongest party with 19 members in the state elections in 2018 , after the party failed to make it into the state election in 2013 . For the 2017 federal election , Mariana Harder-Kühnel was the top candidate on the state list of the AfD Hessen, through which six members entered the 19th German Bundestag .

history

2013: Foundation, federal and state elections 2013

The Hessian state association of the AfD was founded on May 5, 2013 in Frankfurt am Main . At the founding party convention, the former CDU city treasurer Albrecht Glaser , banker Eberhard Freiherr von dem Bussche and management consultant Walter Schäfer were elected by around 450 members present as spokesman for the state executive. Furthermore, it was decided to run the state elections in Hesse in 2013 . Walter Schäfer resigned on June 14, 2013 due to disputes between the members of the state executive committee. Investment advisor and economist Simon Roger rose to be the third speaker in accordance with the Articles of Association. On June 8, 2013, the state party became the then co-federal spokesman Konrad Adam as the Hessian top candidate for the 2013 federal election . On June 15, 2013, the list for the 2013 state election was drawn up at a state party conference in Giessen . The dentist Christiane Gleissner was chosen as the top candidate ahead of Simon Roger and the retired media scientist Wolfgang Schöhl. In addition, the election program was adopted as a draft. With 4.1 percent of the vote, the Hessian AfD failed to make it into the state parliament.

2013 - 2015: Internal party conflicts and directional decisions

After internal disputes, the entire state executive resigned at a party conference on November 24, 2013 in Giessen. The new elections could not be held due to the lack of a quorum at the party congress, as members left the hall after the candidates had been presented, so that an emergency committee had to be set up. At another party conference on December 14th and 15th in Friedberg , an eleven-member state executive with the speakers Volker Bartz, Gunther Nickel and Simon Roger was elected. Even before the first meeting of the board, the treasurer was removed from office by the federal board with immediate effect due to right-wing extremist statements. Due to "serious party damage", the federal executive also decided to immediately remove from office and initiate party expulsion proceedings against the spokesman Volker Bartz, who admitted the improper use of academic titles. At the subsequent state party conference, the biochemist Claudia Koch-Brandt and the political advisor Joana Cotar took over as speakers. Cotar resigned at the end of July 2014, Koch-Brandt at the beginning of August after disputes in the state executive. Eibe Hinrichs and Thomas Orth followed according to the statutes. On November 15, the by-elections were to take place at a party conference in Stadtallendorf . At this party congress, the then state chairman Gunther Nickel resigned from his position after a majority of the members voted for his removal. In a battle vote, the then federal spokesman Konrad Adam prevailed against Albrecht Glaser as the first chairman of the board; The lawyer and former Republican Peter Münch and Susanne Gruber were elected as additional speakers . Just two weeks later, the board of directors filed an application with the regional arbitration court for Münch to be removed from office, accused of false statements about membership of the Republicans. In mid-March 2015, the arbitral tribunal granted the request, Hadi Riedel moved up as spokesman. The entire state executive was again voted out at a party conference on April 18 in a vote of 158 to 144. New elections were not held due to a lack of a three-quarters majority, so an emergency board was convened. On May 30, 2015, a new, three-member state executive chaired by Albrecht Glaser, Peter Münch and Rolf Kahnt was elected at another party conference in Hofheim am Taunus . In a close vote of 170: 169, representatives of the economically liberal wing were defeated on the question of the number of equal speakers, so that some left the party congress. After the state party congress and as part of a power struggle within the party as a whole, there was also an increase in party resignations in the AfD Hessen, including numerous municipal elected officials and functionaries at the district and state level.

2016 - 2018: Successful elections and entry into the state parliament

In the local elections in Hesse in 2016 , the AfD was elected third-strongest with 11.9 percent and moved in with 183 members in 20 of 21 district assemblies. The regional association had not started in the Werra-Meißner district . In addition, the party provided a total of 40 seats in the newly elected city councils of the five independent cities.

At the state party congress on November 11 and 12, 2017, a new state board was to be elected in addition to the delegates to the federal party congress. Due to delays due to technical problems with the voting machines, the board elections were postponed to another state party conference. On December 3, 2017, the co-spokesman Peter Münch resigned due to dissatisfaction with the course of the state and federal party and because of disputes in the state board after he had filed a complaint against the co-spokesman Albrecht Glaser on suspicion of embezzlement of public funds thereupon a request for voting out of delegates was put on the agenda of the state party conference on December 16 in Giessen. At this state party congress, the then parliamentary managing director of the Wiesbaden AfD town hall faction, Robert Lambrou, and the then chairman of the Wetterau district association, Klaus Herrmann, were elected as spokespersons for the new state board.

At a state party conference on April 7, 2018 in Neu-Isenburg , Rainer Rahn was chosen as the top candidate for the 2018 state election. So far he heads the AfD parliamentary group in the Frankfurt Römer . In the state election in 2018 , the state party entered the state parliament for the first time with 13.1 percent of the vote and 19 members.

Since 2019: Politics in the state parliament

In the constituent meeting of the parliamentary group on January 18, 2019, the parliamentary group chairman was elected by Robert Lambrou . Among the deputies were Klaus Herrmann and Volker judges elected to the parliamentary CEO Frank Grobe . At the meeting, Alexandra Walter was initially not accepted into the parliamentary group due to suspicion of spreading right-wing extremist ideas. Nikolaus Pethö , who should also have been elected deputy chairman of the parliamentary group, died one day earlier on January 17, 2019 .

organization

The party organs of the state association are the state party congress and the state board. The regional arbitration tribunal decides on internal party disputes and can expel members. The regional office is located in Frankfurt am Main .

State party conference

The highest party organ is the state party congress . It elects the state board , the auditors and the state arbitration court. If the number of party members exceeds 500, the state party congress does not take place as a general assembly, but as an assembly of delegates. The district associations each send a representative for five members. If the number of members of the regional association exceeds 2,000, there is one representative for every ten members. The state election assembly, which is used to draw up the list of candidates for state or federal elections, can take place as a membership or delegate assembly.

State party conferences
No. date place State Chairperson /
Leading Candidate 		Election result theme
01st state party conference May 5, 2013 Frankfurt am Main Albrecht Glaser
Eberhard Freiherr von dem Bussche
Walter Schäfer 		75%
 
  		Establishment of the regional association; Election of the state executive
State election assembly June 8, 2013 kassel Konrad Adam 77% Election of the state list for the 2013 federal election
State election assembly June 15, 2013 to water Christiane Gleissner 56% Election of the state list and decision on the election platform for the 2013 state election
02nd state party conference 23/24 November 2013 to water Debate about the state executive and resignation of the entire state executive
03rd state party conference 14./15. December 2013 Friedberg Volker Bartz
Gunther Nickel
Simon Roger 		New election of the state executive; Election of the delegates to the federal party congress
04th state party conference January 11, 2014 to water Gunther Nickel
Claudia Koch-Brandt
Joana Cotar 		Deselection and by-election of the state executive
05th state party conference 15./16. November 2014 Stadtallendorf Konrad Adam
Susanne Gruber
Peter Münch 		New election of the state executive; Resolutions on the EEG levy and wind turbines
06th state party conference April 18, 2015 to water Election of the delegates to the federal party congress; Deselection of the state executive
07th state party conference May 30, 2015 Hofheim am Taunus Albrecht Glaser
Peter Münch
Rolf Kahnt 		New election of the state executive
State election assembly 5th / 6th November 2016 Hofheim am Taunus Mariana Harder-Kühnel Election of the state list for the 2017 federal election
State election assembly 13./14. May 2017 to water Mariana Harder-Kühnel 76% Repetition of the election of the state list for the 2017 federal election
08th state party conference 11./12. November 2017 to water Election of the delegates to the federal party congress
09th state party conference December 16, 2017 to water Robert Lambrou
Klaus Herrmann 		56%
55% 		New election of the state executive
10th state party conference March 10, 2018 to water Amendment of the state statutes
State election
meetings 		7th / 8th April 2018
14./15. April 2018 		Neu-Isenburg
Flörsheim am Main 		Rainer Rahn 54% Election of the state list for the state election 2018
11th state party conference 5th / 6th May 2018 to water Decision of the election program for the state election 2018
12th state party conference 26./27. May 2018 Volkmarsen Election of the delegates to the European election assembly
13th state party conference 16th February 2019 Neuhof Amendment of the state statutes
14th state party conference 10/11 October 2019 Neuhof Robert Lambrou
Klaus Herrmann 		59%
50% 		New election of the state executive

State Board

Since October 2019, the state executive has consisted of the following members:

State chairman Robert Lambrou (MdL), Klaus Herrmann (MdL)
Deputy State Chair Heiko Scholz (MdL), Markus Fuchs
Treasurer Bernd Vohl (Member of the Bundestag)
Assessor Volker Richter (MdL), Andreas Lichert (MdL), Christian Douglas, Bernd Leidich
(MdL = member of the state parliament)

District associations

The State Association of Hesse currently consists of 26 district associations.

District associations (as of July 2020)
Chairman Seat
Mountain road Karsten Bletzer Bensheim
Darmstadt Holger Swars Darmstadt
Darmstadt-Dieburg Sascha Loppnow
Frankfurt am Main Olaf Schwaier Frankfurt am Main
Fulda Martin Hohmann Fulda
to water Uwe Schulz to water
Gross-Gerau Irmgard Horesnyi Gernsheim
Hersfeld-Rotenburg Gerhard Schenk Bebra
Hochtaunus Peter Lutz bad Homburg
Kassel city Thomas Schenk kassel
Kassel country Florian Kohlweg Bad Karlshafen
Lahn dill Willi Wagner Wetzlar
Limburg-Weilburg Egon Maurer Weilburg
Main-Kinzig Wolfram Maass Gelnhausen
Main-Taunus Heiko Scholz
Marburg-Biedenkopf Eric Markert Kirchhain
Odenwaldkreis Karl-Ludwig Kunstein Bad King
Offenbach am Main
Offenbach-Land
Rheingau-Taunus Klaus Gagel Taunusstein
Schwalm-Eder Renate Glaser Niedenstein
Vogelsberg Gerhard Bärsch Lauterbach (Hesse)
Waldeck-Frankenberg Sonja Rolof Volkmarsen
Werra-Meissner Klaus-Dirk Schenk Bad Sooden-Allendorf
Wetterau Andreas Lichert Friedberg
Wiesbaden Eckhard Muller Wiesbaden

Party leader

Party chairman Term of office
Albrecht Glaser Albrecht Glaser , Eberhard Freiherr von dem Bussche, Walter Schäfer (until June 2013) , Simon Roger (from June 2013) May 2013 - November 2013
Volker Bartz, Gunther Nickel , Simon Roger December 2013
Gunther Nickel, Joana Cotar (until July 2014) , Claudia Koch-Brandt (until August 2014) , Eibe Hinrichs (from July 2014) , Thomas Orth (from August 2014) January 2014 - November 2014
Konrad Adam Konrad Adam , Susanne Gruber, Peter Münch (until March 2015) , Hadi Riedel (from March 2015) November 2014 - April 2015
Albrecht Glaser Albrecht Glaser, Rolf Kahnt, Peter Münch May 2015 - December 2017
Robert LambrouKlaus Herrmann Robert Lambrou , Klaus Herrmann since December 2017

Young alternative Hessen

The Young Alternative Hessen is the nationwide youth association of the AfD Hessen. The state chairmen are Jens Mierdel and Michael Werl.

Election results

State elections
year Number of votes Share of votes Direct mandates Seats space Top candidate
2013 126.906 4.1%
0/55
0/110
 6th Christiane Gleissner
2018 378.376 13.1%
0/55
19/137
 4th Rainer Rahn
Local elections
year Number of votes Share of votes Seats space
2016 257.277 11.9%
223/1920
 3
Bundestag elections
year Number of votes Share of votes Direct mandates Seats space Top candidate
2013 176.319 5.6%
0/22
0/45
 5 Konrad Adam
2017 398.712 11.9%
0/22
6/50
 3 Mariana Harder-Kühnel
European elections
year Number of votes Share of votes space
2014 168.506 9.1% 4th

Parliamentary group

The elected members of the AfD in the Hessian state parliament are:

Member of the political group Entry into the state parliament over Current functions and memberships
in the parliamentary group and in the party
Karl Hermann Bolldorf List position 7
Arno Enners List place 8
Klaus Gagel List position 17
Dirk Gaw List position 11
Frank Grobe List place 10 Parliamentary executive director
Erich Heidkamp List position 20
Klaus Herrmann List position 3 Deputy Group Chairman; Co-country chairman
Rolf Kahnt List place 15 Age President of the State Parliament
Robert Lambrou List place 2 Group chairman; Co-country chairman
Andreas Lichert List position 5
Claudia Papst-Dippel List place 13
Rainer Rahn List position 1 Deputy State Chairman
Volker Richter List position 9 Deputy Group Chairman; Assessor in the state board
Gerhard Schenk List position 19
Heiko Scholz List place 6 Assessor in the state board
Dimitri Schulz List place 14
Bernd Vohl List position 18 State Treasurer
Walter Wissenbach List position 16

former members

  • Nikolaus Pethö (entry into the state parliament above list position 4; deceased before the parliamentary group was constituted on January 17, 2019; successor: Erich Heidkamp )
  • Alexandra Walter (entry into the state parliament above list position 12; expulsion from the parliamentary group on January 18, 2019)

Regional group in the German Bundestag

The state list for the 2017 Bundestag election was originally published at a state party conference on 5/6. November 2016 in Hofheim am Taunus . Mariana Harder-Kühnel from the Main-Kinzig district was elected as the top candidate . The other places were followed by co-state spokesman Peter Münch,  Joana Cotar , Martin Hohmann and co-state spokesman Albrecht Glaser . After formal errors, the state list had to be drawn up again. At another state party conference on 13./14. May 2017 in Giessen, Mariana Harder-Kühnel was confirmed as the top candidate.

The state party moved into the German Bundestag with a total of six members who are part of the AfD parliamentary group :

Member of the political group Moved into the Bundestag over Current important functions and memberships
in the parliamentary group and in the party
Joana Cotar List place 2
Albrecht Glaser List position 5 Deputy Chairman of the finance committee ; Deputy Federal Chairman
Mariana Harder-Kühnel List position 1
Martin Hohmann List place 6
Jan Nolte List position 4
Uwe Schulz List position 3

Web links

Individual evidence

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