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The Hessen-AfD has a new board. In Frankfurt, the delegates elected parliamentary group leader Robert Lambrou and the far right Andreas Lichert as new party leaders.
Update from November 20, 2021, 5.45 p.m.: The AfD Hessen has voted. Before the election, a vote was taken to elect only one instead of two so-called board spokesmen, but the motion did not find a majority. The parliamentary group leader Robert Lambrou was confirmed in office, he received 114 of 199 votes and prevailed against his previous co-spokesman Klaus Herrmann, who was able to unite 79 votes.
Andreas Lichert was elected as the second spokesman for the board. The member of the state parliament, who received 109 of 199 votes, previously announced that he wanted to “represent the right-wing spectrum of the AfD”. In his application speech, the Bad Nauheimer, who is considered a supporter of the disbanded “wing” around Björn Höcke, sharply criticized the government’s corona measures.
AfD in Hesse before direction decision – party congress elects new board in Frankfurt
First report from November 19, 2021, 8:55 p.m .: Frankfurt – dual leadership or just one chairman? Established staff or “wing” friends? Four candidates want to attend the state party conference of the AfD * throw your hat in the ring in Frankfurt. the hessian AfD * is therefore facing a trend-setting board election.
But at the state party conference next Saturday (November 20) in Frankfurt, not only will the new party leadership be voted on. According to the present agenda, it should also be decided whether the Hessian AfD will be led by a dual leadership as before – or just by a chairman.
Head of the AfD in Hesse challenged by “wing” supporters and opponents of the Corona measures
The incumbent board spokesmen (that’s what the party leaders call themselves in Hesse) are the parliamentary group leader Robert Lambrou and Klaus Herrmann. Both politicians were barely confirmed in office two years ago. Lambrou received 58.7 percent of the votes cast at the time. Herrmann, Lambrous Vice in the state parliament in Wiesbaden, got just 50.1 percent and almost failed.
According to a party spokesman, in addition to the incumbent dual leadership with Lambrou and Herrmann, members of the state parliament, Volker Richter and Andreas Lichert, are running for election. Richter, who also operates as deputy head of the parliamentary group, is considered a critic of the state corona*-Measures. The MP Lichert was considered a supporter of the “Wing” around right winger Björn Höcke *.
AfD in Hessen: A woman will probably not be the head of the AfD
The “wing”, which has now formally dissolved, is being monitored by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution using intelligence services. One of his central actors in the network was the Thuringian AfD country chief Björn Höcke. The Hessian state spokesman (s) for the AfD are elected for two years. The AfD in Hesse suffered a fall in the federal election to 8.8 percent – 3.1 percent less than four years earlier.
Apparently, a woman will not apply for the head of the AfD in Hessen, so it could remain that the Hessen AfD can only choose between Lambrou, Herrmann, Richter and Lichert. (Mirko Schmid with dpa) * fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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