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Stefan Keuter

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Stefan Keuter
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Personal details
Born(1972-08-19)19 August 1972
NationalityGerman
Political partyAfD

Stefan Keuter (born 19 August 1972) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and a member of the Bundestag since 2017.

Life and politics

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Keuter was born 1972 in the West German city of Essen and became an entrepreneur.[1] Keuter entered the newly founded populist AfD and became after the 2017 German federal election member of the Bundestag. Die Zeit described Keuters political positions within AfD after his election 2017 as "ultra right".[2]

Stefan Keuter is known for his strong ties to the Russian government. When the Russian invasion of Ukraine had started, he took part in a conference entitled "Economy against sanctions" with representatives of Russian politics and business in May 2022. One of the topics discussed was how best to deal with the international sanctions.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Stefan Keuter". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  2. ^ Biermann, Kai; Geisler, Astrid; Holzinger, Christina; Middelhoff, Paul; Polke-Majewski, Karsten; Steffen, Tilman (24 October 2017). "Rechts bis extrem im Bundestag". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ^ tagesschau.de. "AfD-Abgeordneter spricht auf russischer Konferenz". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 19 June 2022.