Peter Boehringer

Peter Boehringer
Boehringer in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1969-04-06) 6 April 1969
Schwäbisch Gmünd, West Germany
PartyAfD

Peter Boehringer (born 6 April 1969) is a German politician for the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) and, since 2017, a member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body. From 2018 until 2021, he was Chairman of the Budgetary Committee of the German Bundestag.[1]

Life and achievements

Boehringer was born 1969 in the West German town of Schwäbisch Gmünd and studied at the EBS University of Business and Law. He has a Master of Business Administration.[2]

Boehringer is member of the German libertarian Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung.[3]

In 2015, Boehringer entered the populist AfD[4] and became member of the Bundestag in 2017.

He gained some media attention after a foul-worded group email from him become public in which he called the German chancellor Angela Merkel 'Merkelnutte', using a German term for prostitute.[5][6]

Boehringer denies the scientific consensus on climate change.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Rechte Hardliner für die Ausschussspitze". www.fr.de (in German). 8 November 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Peter Boehringer". Deutscher Bundestag.
  3. ^ Riedel, Katja; Pittelkow, Sebastian (14 July 2017). "Liberale Hayek-Gesellschaft - "Mistbeet der AfD"?" [Liberal Hayek Society – "Hotbed of the AfD"?]. Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  4. ^ Reichart, Johannes (25 September 2021). "Peter Boehringer - "Der Polarisierer"" [Peter Bohringer - "The Polarizer"]. BR (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. ^ Amann, Melanie (10 February 2018). "Peter Boehringer: E-Mail bringt AfD-Mann in Erklärungsnot" [Peter Boehringer: E-Mail gets AfD politician into a struggle to explain]. Spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  6. ^ "German Turks to sue AfD on 'camel drivers' slur". France 24. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Abschluss-Bericht vom Welt-CO2-Kirchentag · Peter Boehringer". Pboehringer.com.
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