Carsten Becker (born 20 January 1990) is a German politician from

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. He has been a member of the

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since

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, and in October of the same year he also became state chairman of his party in

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Life

Becker is an electronics technician for industrial engineering. He has been a member of the AfD since 2013. After his training at the Ford plant in

Saarlouis Saarlouis (; , ; formerly Sarre-Libre and Saarlautern) is a town in Saarland, Germany, capital of the district of Saarlouis (district), Saarlouis. In 2020, the town had a population of 34,409. Saarlouis is located on the river Saar (river), Saar. ...

, he also worked in production for many years. He is the district chairman of his party in the Saarlouis district. Since 2014 he has been a member of the Saarlouis city council and a member of the district council of the Saarlouis district. In the

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, he ran for office in the Saarlouis constituency, but failed to enter the

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. In the 2022 Saarland state election, he was elected to the

via a mandate in the . In October 2022, Becker was elected state chairman of the . In the

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, Becker was the AfD's top candidate in Saarland. As the top candidate on the

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he was elected to the

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External links

Kandidatendossier von Carsten Becker auf der Website des Saarländischen Rundfunks

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Becker, Carsten Living people 1990 births German city councillors Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029 Members of the Landtag of Saarland Alternative for Germany politicians 21st-century German politicians People from Saarlouis German electrical engineers