Barbara Benkstein (; born 4 October 1982) is a German politician for the

AfD Alternative for Germany (, AfD, ) is a far-right,Far-right: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Germany. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), ...

and, since 2021, a member of the

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, the federal diet.

Life and politics

Benkstein was born in 1982 in the East German city of

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

. From 2009 to 2012 she worked as a librarian in the library of the Nuremberg University of Music. From 2012 to 2015 she studied library and information management in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

(MA). From 2015 to 2020 she headed the library of the Dresden University of Fine Arts. She was elected directly to the Bundestag in 2021. In December 2024, Benkstein announced that she isn't seeking re-election for Bundestag.

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