Rainer Kraft (politician)
Rainer Kraft | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
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| Born | 8 January 1974 |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | AfD |
Rainer Kraft (born 8 January 1974) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.
Life and politics[edit]
Kraft was born 1974 in the West German town of Gräfelfing and studied chemistry and reached his PhD in 2002.[1] Kraft entered the newly founded populist AfD in 2013 and became after the 2017 German federal election a member of the Bundestag.[2] Kraft is considered to be part of the right-wing factional cluster Der Flügel (the wing).[3]
Kraft denies the scientific consensus on climate change.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag – Dr. Rainer Kraft". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ Schwäbische Zeitung 25 September 2017; print edition (in German)
- ^ "AfD holt Fan der Identitären nach vorn" (in German). 21 February 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Rainer Kraft zum Klimawandel: AfD will aus Klimaschutz aussteigen". www.zdf.de (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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