Joachim Kuhs (born 25 June 1956 in Schonach) is a German politician who is serving as an

Alternative for Germany Alternative for Germany (, AfD, ) is a Far-right politics in Germany (1945–present), far-right,Far-right: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Right-wing populism, right-wing populist and National conservatism, national-conservative p ...

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

. Kuhs worked as a magistrate and for the State Audit Office in

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

. He first joined AfD in 2013, being an early member of the party.Joachim Kuhs leitet kommissarisch "Christen in der AfD"
20. Oktober 2017, '' Domradio'' Within the AfD, he is a member of the ''Christians in the AfD'' (ChrAfD) group. In May 2019, he was elected to the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it ...

for the AfD. In the German local elections taking place at the same time, he was elected to the municipal council of

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...

. In the European Parliament, he sits with the

Identity and Democracy Identity and Democracy (ID; ) was a political group of the European Parliament during the Ninth European Parliament term, launched on 13 June 2019. It comprised Far right politics, far-right, Right-wing populism, right-wing populist, Euroscept ...

group. In 2020, German journalist Michael Kraske claimed that Kuhs had stated with the "old parties" in Germany would "force the Africanization of our culture." Michael Kraske: ''Tatworte. Denn AfD & Co. meinen, was sie sagen.'' Ullstein, Berlin 2021, S. 43

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