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Rainer Rothfuß

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Rainer Rothfuß
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2 March 2023
Preceded byCorinna Miazga
ConstituencyOberallgäu
Personal details
Born (1971-04-19) 19 April 1971 (age 53)
Freudenstadt, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partyAlternative for Germany (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations
Christian Social Union in Bavaria (2004–2017)

Rainer Rothfuß (born 19 April 1971) is a German politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag for Bavaria since 2023.

Life and politics

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Rothfuß was born in the West German town of Freudenstadt and studied geography in Tübingen and Stuttgart.[1] He joined the Christian Social Union in 2004 and was active on a regional level. Rothfuß joined the Alternative for Germany in 2018.[2]

In the 2021 German federal election, he contested Oberallgäu but came in sixth place. He joined the Bundestag in 2023 following the death of Corinna Miazga.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Lindauer Ex-OB-Kandidat wechselt von der CSU zur AfD". schwaebische.de (in German). 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  2. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Dr. Rainer Rothfuß". bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Lindauer Stadtrat Rainer Rothfuß wird Abgeordneter im Bundestag". schwaebische.de (in German). 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-06-22.