Katrin Ebner-Steiner (born 26 August 1978)[1] is a German politician. She represents the Alternative for Germany ("AfD", or Alternative für Deutschland) party and is former chair of the AfD in the Bavarian state parliament.

Katrin Ebner-Steiner
Katrin Ebner-Steiner on 11th December 2018
Member of the Landtag of Bavaria
Assumed office
5 November 2018
Personal details
Born (1978-08-26) 26 August 1978 (age 46)
Deggendorf, West Germany
Political partyAfD
Children4

Life

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Ebner-Steineris is a trained accountant.[2]

She is married and has four children.[2]

Politics

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She failed several times in her candidacy for state chairmanship of AfD Bavaria, and also ran unsuccessfully for the Bundestag. In 2018 she was elected to the Bavarian state parliament on the AfD Party list.[2]

Under Ebner-Steiner, the AfD faction in the state parliament increasingly split into two hostile camps. A total of five MPs resigned from the parliamentary group. In 2021, she and her colleague Ingo Hahn were voted out as parliamentary group leaders.[2][3]

Ebner-Steiner belongs to the völkisch fraction within AfD, formerly organized in "Der Flügel". She has strong ties to Björn Höcke.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Katrin Ebner-Steiner, AfD". bayern.landtag.de. Bayerische Landtag. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e Reichart, Johannes. "AfD in Bayern: Radikal rechtsaußen". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  3. ^ Osel, Johann (2020-05-24). "Bayern-AfD: Fraktionschefin Ebner-Steiner droht Abwahl". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-29.