AfD North Rhine-Westphalia

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AfD North Rhine-Westphalia
Alternative-for-Germany-Logo-2013.svg
Chairman Rudiger Lucassen
Deputy Matthias Helferich
Martin Schiller
Michael Schild
Treasurer Heinz Burghaus
Establishment date April 12th, 2013
Place of foundation Rommerskirchen
Headquarters Gladbecker Strasse 5
40472 Düsseldorf
Landtag mandates
12/199
Number of members 5,272 (as of December 2018)
Website afd.nrw

The AfD North Rhine-Westphalia is the regional association of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) in North Rhine-Westphalia . The regional association is headed by Rüdiger Lucassen . With the former co-state chairman Marcus Pretzell as the top candidate, the state party ran for the first time in the state election in 2017 and then entered the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia . For the  2017 federal election  , the AfD in North Rhine-Westphalia ran as a top candidate with former co-state chairman Martin Renner and entered the 19th German Bundestag with a 15-member state group .

history

The state association of AfD North Rhine-Westphalia was founded on April 12, 2013 in Rommerskirchen . Alexander Dilger was elected spokesman for the party (equivalent to a chairman), but he only remained spokesman until the turn of the month of November / December 2013. Jörg Burger became his successor as board spokesman. For only a short time, namely from April 2014 to June 2014, Hermann Behrendt was the speaker. In June 2014, Marcus Pretzell was elected state chairman, and since August 2015 he has shared this position with Martin Renner .

In the federal election on September 22, 2013 , the AfD in North Rhine-Westphalia reached 3.9 percent. In the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on May 25, 2014 , the AfD achieved a total of 2.5 percent at the level of the districts and independent cities and was able to move into a number of city councils and district assemblies. In the European elections , also taking place on May 25, 2014 , the AfD in North Rhine-Westphalia reached 5.4 percent. In the 2017 state elections, the AfD received 626,756 second votes (7.4 percent) and thus won 16 seats.

In December 2017 Thomas Röckemann and Helmut Seifen were elected chairmen. From 2019 onwards, there was an increasing dispute about the direction between members about the co-chairman Helmut Seifen, who is considered moderate, and his colleague Thomas Röckemann, who is part of the nationalist wing . At a special party conference in July 2019, several motions to vote out the other parliamentary group did not reach the necessary two-thirds majority of the approximately 500 delegates. Thereupon the chairman Helmut Seifen and eight other state board members of the 12-member committee resigned. In the following months, Röckemann was the sole state chairman. In October 2019 he was defeated in a new election with 215 of 540 votes to Rüdiger Lucassen , who received 321 votes and has been the sole chairman of the regional association since then.

The North Rhine-Westphalian interior minister Herbert Reul announced in January 2019 that the protection of the Constitution of North Rhine-Westphalia was reviewing the AfD in North Rhine-Westphalia due to contacts with the right-wing extremist scene, such as the Identitarian Movement , and the resulting possible extremist efforts.

The party's state office was searched by police on June 25, 2019. The AfD politician Guido Reil is said to have paid for an election campaign poster campaign from unknown donors from non-EU countries, whereupon the Essen public prosecutor's office is investigating this suspicion. It says in the room that the party's treasurer concealed the donations or misrepresented them in the statement of accounts.

At the beginning of 2020, the AfD North Rhine-Westphalia published a coloring book for children with the title "NRW for coloring". One picture showed bathers fleeing from a swimming pool, in which there are burqa- covered women and men with large ears and curly hair with bones in them. A banner bore the words “We are bathing that out!” This picture was criticized as colonialist and racist . Another picture showed a motorcade in which men with fez shooting around. The state security investigates after a complaint because of the suspicion of sedition . After massive criticism, the AfD published a press release in which it said that in the “fight against the successes of the AfD, freedom of art and satire should now also be attacked”. Fractional leader Markus Wagner saw the responsibility for this with " Antifa extremists". Shortly afterwards Wagner announced that the booklet had been “published prematurely” and that the commissioned project group had “gone beyond the goal”. The project will be "ended immediately and without replacement".

On March 10, 2020, AfD MP Nic Vogel announced his departure from the parliamentary group for personal reasons. Vogel also announced that he wanted to remain a non-attached member of the state parliament as an AfD member, whereas the parliamentary group asked him to return the mandate.

organization

State party conference

The highest party organ is the  state party congress . It advises and decides on fundamental political and organizational questions of the regional association, in particular on the election program and the state statutes, and elects the state board , the  auditors  and the regional arbitration tribunal for two years  . This decides on internal party disputes and can expel members. The party congress takes place as a representative assembly (delegate convention). The district associations send a voting delegate for every ten members.

State party conferences
No. date place State chairman Election result theme 
1st state party conference April 12th, 2013 Rommerskirchen Alexander Dilger Establishment of the regional association; Election of the state executive
2nd state party conference /
state election assembly 		4th / 5th May 2013 Schmallenberg Election of the state list for the 2013 federal election
3rd state party conference July 27, 2013 Ratingen By-election of state board members; Election of the delegates to the federal party congress
4th state party conference Nov. 30/1. Dec. 2013 Arnsberg Jörg Burger New election of the state executive; Election of the delegates to the European election assembly
5th state party conference January 12, 2014 Erkrath Processing of amendments to the articles of association
6th state party conference 7th / 8th June 2014 Bottrop Marcus Pretzell 53.4% New election of the state executive; Processing of amendments to the articles of association
7th state party conference October 25, 2014 Bottrop By-elections for the state executive; Processing of amendments to the articles of association
8th state party conference 28 Feb / 1. March 2015 Came Discussion and coordination of programmatic proposals
9th state party conference May 9, 2015 Wins Election of the delegates to the federal party congress
10th state party conference 29./30. August 2015 Bottrop Marcus Pretzell
Martin Renner 		67.7%
59.4% 		New election of the state executive
11th state party conference 15th November 2015 Rommerskirchen Processing of amendments to the articles of association; Election of referees and substitute referees; Resolution of a position paper on the issues of migration & asylum and an application to prohibit cooperation with certain parties and groups
12th state party conference 2nd / 3rd July 2016 Werl Discussion of the election platform for the 2017 state elections
State election assembly 3rd / 4th / 10th / 11th Sept. 2016 Soest / Werl Election of the state list for the state election 2017
State election assembly 26./27. Nov. 2016
3rd / 4th Dec 2016 		Rheda-Wiedenbrück
Euskirchen 		Election of the state list for the state election 2017
State election assembly 14./15. January 2017 Euskirchen Election of the state list for the state election 2017
13th state party conference 29th January 2017 Oberhausen Adoption of the election program for the state elections
State election assembly 25./26. Feb. 2017
4th / 5th / 11th / 12th March 2017 		Eating
Troisdorf / Euskirchen 		Election of the state list for the 2017 federal election
14th state party conference 9/10 December 2017 Kalkar Thomas Röckemann
Helmut Soaps 		52.6%
57.3% 		New election of the state executive
15th state party conference June 10, 2018 Kalkar Changes to the state statutes
16th state party conference 6th July 2019 Warburg Resignation of nine members of the state board
17th state party conference 5th October 2019 Kalkar Rudiger Lucassen 59.6% New election of the state executive

State Board

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

State chairman Rüdiger Lucassen (Member of the Bundestag)
Deputy State Chair Matthias Helferich, Martin Schiller, Michael Schild
Treasurer Heinz Burghaus
Deputy Treasurer Nicole Scheer
Secretary Michael Schlembach
Assessor Fabian Jacobi (Member of the Bundestag), Andreas Keith-Volkmer (Member of the Bundestag), Knuth Meyer-Soltau, Heliane Ostwald, Petra Schneider
MdL = member of the state parliament; MdB = member of the Bundestag

State technical committees

The programmatic work is supported at the state level by a state program commission and 17 state technical committees (LFA). The state technical committees develop concepts for the state election program and support the federal program commission and the federal technical committees in drawing up the party program at the federal level.

No. State technical committee Chairman
LFA 1 school and education Helmut Soaps
LFA 2 Family & Demographics Marielouise Schneider
LFA 3 Work and social Uwe Witt
LFA 4 Immigration, Asylum and Integration Friedhelm Tropberger
LFA 5 Building, living and transport Johannes Brinkrolf
LFA 6 Consumer, animal and environmental protection Mara Lux
LFA 7 health Martin Vincentz
LFA 8 Culture and sport Uta Opelt
LFA 9 energy Georg Schroeter
LFA 10 economy Christian Loose
LFA 11 Science and Research Verena Wester
LFA 12 Home affairs and the penal system Markus Matzerath
LFA 13 Foreign and Security Policy Rolf Böhnke
LFA 14 Law, Democracy and Society Axel Nussbaum
LFA 15 Finance and taxes Gerhard Fischer
LFA 16 Currency and banks Daniel Eckard
LFA 17 Communal Knut Wesselmann (acting)

District Associations

The AfD North Rhine-Westphalia is divided into five district associations, which in turn are subdivided into a total of 54 district and city associations.

District associations (as of March 2020)
District Association Chairman Seat District and city associations
District association Arnsberg Peter Bohnhof Dusseldorf Bochum, Dortmund, Ennepe-Ruhr, Hagen, Hamm, Herne, Hochsauerlandkreis, Märkischer Kreis, Olpe, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Soest, Unna
District association Detmold Udo Hemmelgarn Harsewinkel Bielefeld, Gütersloh, Herford, Höxter, Lippe, Paderborn, Minden-Lübbecke
District Association Düsseldorf Dr. Martin Vincentz Dusseldorf Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen, Krefeld, Kleve, Mettmann, Viersen, Wesel, Mönchengladbach, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Remscheid, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, Solingen, Wuppertal
District Association Cologne Wolfgang Kochs Aachen Aachen, Aachen city region, Bonn, Düren, Euskirchen, Heinsberg, Cologne, Leverkusen, Oberbergischer Kreis, Rhein-Erft Kreis, Rhein-Sieg District, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
District Association of Münster Steffen Christ Gelsenkirchen Borken, Bottrop, Münster, Steinfurt, Warendorf, Coesfeld, Recklinghausen, Gelsenkirchen

Party leader

Party chairman Term of office
Alexander Dilger April 2013 - December 2013
Jörg Burger December 2013 - March 2014
Hermann Behrendt (acting) March 2014 - June 2014
Marcus Pretzell June 2014 - August 2015
Marcus Pretzell (until October 2017) , Martin Renner August 2015 - December 2017
Thomas Röckemann , Helmut Seifen (until July 2019) December 2017 - October 2019
Rudiger Lucassen since October 2019

Group leaders

Group leader Term of office
Marcus Pretzell May 2017 - October 2017
Markus Wagner from October 2017

Young alternative NRW

The  Junge Alternative NRW is the nationwide  youth association of  the AfD North Rhine-Westphalia.

elections

Election results in state elections

State elections
year Number of votes Share of votes Direct mandates Seats space Top candidate
2017 626.756 7.4%
0/128
16/199
 4th Marcus Pretzell

Election results in federal elections

Bundestag elections
year Number of votes Share of votes Direct mandates Seats space Top candidate
2013 372.258 3.9%
0/64
0/138
 6th Alexander Dilger
2017 928.425 9.4%
0/64
15/142
 4th Martin Renner

Election results in European elections

European elections
year Number of votes Share of votes
2014 369.724 5.4%
2019 682,400 8.5%

Parliamentary group

In the constituent meeting of the AfD parliamentary group on May 16, 2017, Pretzell was elected group chairman. After Pretzell and Langguth left the parliamentary group, the board was re-elected on October 6, 2017. It was Markus Wagner elected Presidents.

Members

Deputy Moving in over Functions / memberships
Roger Beckamp List place 2 Chairman of the 1st Chamber of the party-internal regional arbitration court of North Rhine-Westphalia
Christian Blex List place 14
Iris Dworeck-Danielowski List place 10
Andreas Keith-Volkmer List place 8 Country manager, parliamentary manager
Christian Loose List position 7
Thomas Röckemann List position 16
Helmut Soaps List place 6 Deputy Group Chairman
Herbert Strotebeck List position 5 District spokesman for Düsseldorf and district spokesman for Mettmann
Sven Tritschler List place 13 Deputy Group Chairman; State chairman of the Junge Alternative
Martin Vincentz List position 12
Nic Peter Vogel List position 9
Markus Wagner List position 4 Group leader
Gabriele Walger-Demolsky List place 15 Deputy Group Chairperson

former members

  • Alexander Langguth (moving in at 11th place on the list; deputy chairman of the parliamentary group; leaving the parliamentary group on September 27, 2017)
  • Marcus Pretzell (moving in above list position 1; parliamentary group and state chairman; leaving the parliamentary group and party on October 2, 2017)
  • Frank Neppe (moving in at number 3 on the list; treasurer; leaving the parliamentary group and party on October 10, 2017)

Regional group in the German Bundestag

The state list for the 2017 federal election was drawn up on three two-day party congresses on 25/26 February 2017 in Essen , on 4th / 5th March in Troisdorf and on 11/12. March set up in Euskirchen . The state party moved into the German Bundestag with 15 members, of which 13 members are part of the AfD parliamentary group after Mario Mieruch and Uwe Kamann left :

Deputy Moving in over Functions / memberships
Michael Espendiller List place 10
Kay Gottschalk List position 4
Berengar Elsner from Gronow List place 15
Roland Hartwig List place 14 Spokesman for the national group; Deputy Chairman of the AfD parliamentary group
Jochen Haug List place 2
Udo Hemmelgarn List place 8
Fabian Jacobi List place 6 Deputy State Chairman
Stefan Keuter List position 11
Rudiger Lucassen List position 7 Deputy spokesman for the regional group
Martin Renner List position 1
Jörg Schneider List position 5
Harald Weyel List position 3
Uwe Witt List place 13

former members

Web links

Individual evidence

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  22. ↑ Detmold district executive. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  23. ↑ District Board of Düsseldorf. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  24. ↑ Cologne District Executive. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  25. ↑ District Board of Münster. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
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  32. ↑ Is Petry now founding “Die Blauen”? faz.net of September 27, 2017
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  34. ↑ Another AfD member leaves parliamentary group and party
  35. ↑ NRW-AfD elects Martin Renner as the top candidate for the Bundestag election. Retrieved September 8, 2017 .
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  37. ↑ AfD-NRW elects nine other candidates for the state list for the 2017 federal election . March 14, 2017, accessed on September 8, 2017 .
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