Michael Frisch (born 4 September 1957) is a German politician of
Alternative for Germany
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(AfD). He has been leader of the party's
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...
branch since November 2019.
Frisch teaches mathematics and Catholic religion at the vocational school for nutrition, home economics and social affairs in
Trier
Trier ( , ; ), formerly and traditionally known in English as Trèves ( , ) and Triers (see also Names of Trier in different languages, names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle (river), Moselle in Germany. It lies in a v ...
. A former member of the CDU, he became a member of AfD in 2013. On 13 March 2016, he was elected to the
Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
The Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate is the state diet of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Article 79, Section 1 of the Rhineland-Palatinate constitution provides: "The Landtag is the supreme organ of political decision-making ...
in the
2016 state election. Frisch is AfD district chairman in Trier and state board member of AfD Rhineland-Palatinate. On 25 May 2014, he became chairman of the AfD parliamentary group in the Trier city council. In November 2019, he was elected state chairman of the Rhineland-Palatinate AfD. In September 2020, he was chosen as the party's lead candidate for the
2021 state election.
References
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1957 births
Living people
People from Trier
Alternative for Germany politicians