Georg Pazderski (AfD)

Georg Pazderski (born 6 October 1951) is a retired German officer (last rank: Colonel) and politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

Biography

Pazderski was born 1951 in the West German city of Pirmasens and became a soldier in the Bundeswehr.

From 2017 to 2019 he was one of the deputy leaders of right-wing party Alternative for Germany[1] and, from 2017 to 2021, state chairman in Berlin. Pazderski’s candidacies in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election both failed.[2]

Pazderski has been the subject of several controversies. In 2018, a jewish organisation excluded him from participating in a ceremony in memory of the victims Kristallnacht, citing his party’s antisemitism.[3] In 2016, a court forced him to retract nonsensical claims that the German government had sponsored Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.[4][5] Vulgar comments regarding a female politician’s looks prompted accusations of sexism in 2021.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Chaos beim Parteitag: Wahl des Co-Vorsitzenden der AfD gelingt auch in Stichwahl nicht". Die Welt. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Beatrix von Storch mit knapper Mehrheit zur Spitzenkandidatin gewählt". Der Tagesspiegel Online.
  3. ↑ "Eklat bei Namensverlesung für ermordete Juden: Rosh verbietet AfD das Gedenken am Holocaust-Mahnmal". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Fake News zum US-Wahlkampf". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Richtigstellung - Alternative für Deutschland". 15 August 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Deutschland, RedaktionsNetzwerk (14 December 2021). "Ricarda Lang von AfD-Politiker wegen Aussehen beleidigt - große Empörung". www.rnd.de (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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