Kay Gottschalk | |
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Deputy Leader of the Alternative for Germany | |
In office 2 December 2017 – 1 December 2019 Serving with
Beatrix von Storch | |
Leader |
Alexander Gauland Jörg Meuthen |
Preceded by | Alexander Gauland |
Succeeded by | Andreas Kalbitz |
Chair of the Wirecard scandal inquiry Committee | |
In office 18 October 2020 – 25 June 2021 | |
Deputy | Hans Michelbach |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Member of the
Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
Preceded by | multi-member district |
Constituency | Alternative for Germany List |
Personal details | |
Born | Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany) | 12 December 1965
Political party | Alternative for Germany (2013–) |
Residence | Nettetal |
Occupation |
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Website | Official website |
Kay Gottschalk (born 12 December 1965) is a German politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and member of the German federal parliament.
Gottschalk was born 1965 in Hamburg and studied business administration and law. He went on to become an insurance manager. [1] [2]
At the 2017 German federal election he was elected member of parliament through a list place in North Rhine-Westphalia. [1]
In December 2017 he was elected as a deputy leader of the AfD. [3] Since 2019 he was married. His husband died on March 1, 2023. [4]
Following Russian invasion of Ukraine, Gottschalk, alongside AfD MEP Guido Reil and a delegation of NRW Landtag visited Ukraine and declared solidarity, representing a minority in the generally pro-Russian party. [5]
Kay Gottschalk | |
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Deputy Leader of the Alternative for Germany | |
In office 2 December 2017 – 1 December 2019 Serving with
Beatrix von Storch | |
Leader |
Alexander Gauland Jörg Meuthen |
Preceded by | Alexander Gauland |
Succeeded by | Andreas Kalbitz |
Chair of the Wirecard scandal inquiry Committee | |
In office 18 October 2020 – 25 June 2021 | |
Deputy | Hans Michelbach |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Member of the
Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
Preceded by | multi-member district |
Constituency | Alternative for Germany List |
Personal details | |
Born | Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany) | 12 December 1965
Political party | Alternative for Germany (2013–) |
Residence | Nettetal |
Occupation |
|
Website | Official website |
Kay Gottschalk (born 12 December 1965) is a German politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and member of the German federal parliament.
Gottschalk was born 1965 in Hamburg and studied business administration and law. He went on to become an insurance manager. [1] [2]
At the 2017 German federal election he was elected member of parliament through a list place in North Rhine-Westphalia. [1]
In December 2017 he was elected as a deputy leader of the AfD. [3] Since 2019 he was married. His husband died on March 1, 2023. [4]
Following Russian invasion of Ukraine, Gottschalk, alongside AfD MEP Guido Reil and a delegation of NRW Landtag visited Ukraine and declared solidarity, representing a minority in the generally pro-Russian party. [5]