Peter Boehringer (born 6 April 1969) is a German politician for the

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(AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body. From 2018 until 2021 he was Chairman of the Budgetary Committee of the German Bundestag.

Life and achievements

Boehringer was born 1969 in the West German town of

Schwäbisch Gmünd Schwäbisch Gmünd (, until 1934: Gmünd; Swabian: ''Gmẽẽd'' or ''Gmend'') is a city in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. With a population of around 60,000, the city is the second largest in the Ostalb district ...

and studied at the

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. He has a

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. Boehringer is member of the German

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Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung. In 2015, Boehringer entered the populist AfD 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

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'Merkelnutte', using a German term for prostitute. Boehringer denies the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boehringer, Peter Living people 1969 births People from Schwäbisch Gmünd Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029