Birgit Malsack-Winkemann
Birgit Malsack-Winkemann MdB a.D. | |
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| Malsack-Winkemann in 2020 | |
| Member of the Court of Arbitration of the Alternative for Germany for the Second Chamber | |
| Assumed office 29 November 2020[1] Serving with Walter Wissenbach, Roland Ulbrich[2] | |
| Preceded by | Monica-Ines Oppel |
| Member of the Bundestag for Berlin | |
| In office 24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | multi-member district |
| Constituency | Alternative for Germany List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964年08月12日) 12 August 1964 (age 60) Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany |
| Political party | Alternative for Germany (2013–) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Heidelberg University (Dr. jur.) |
| Occupation |
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| Website | Bundestag website |
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Birgit Malsack-Winkemann (born 12 August 1964) is a German far-right [3] [4] [5] politician and former judge, and had a main role in the uncovered 2022 German coup d'état plot of "Patriotic Union" group. She was a member of the 19th Bundestag from 2017 to 2021 for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), of which she has been a member since 2013. After losing re-election to the Bundestag in 2021, Winkemann returned to her previous position as a judge in the Berlin regional court.
On 7 December 2022, she was arrested during a large-scale raid against an alleged right-wing terrorist association with roots stemming from within the Reichsbürger movement.[6]
Biography
[edit ]Malsack-Winkemann was born on 12 August 1964 in Darmstadt [7] and studied law [8] at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.[7] From 2003 to 2017 Malsack-Winkemann worked as a judge in the state of Berlin.[7] In 2013 she joined the newly founded AfD and became a member of the Bundestag in 2017.[9] In June 2021 she was nominated in 5th position on the AfD state candidate list for Bundestag, after she lost against Georg Pazderski - with the state party only winning 3 seats proportionally allocated seats, she lost re-election.[10]
She has been a member of the AfD's party Court of Arbitration since June 2022.[2]
Malsack-Winkemann had two children.[7]
December 2022 arrest
[edit ]In the morning of 7 December 2022, she was arrested for her alleged involvement with a group of right-wing extremists connected to the Reichsbürger movement, which had planned a coup against the German government.[11] [12] She would have become the Minister of Justice of the government which would be formed if they had managed to realise their plan.[13]
At a trial that started on 21 May 2024, Malsack-Winkemann and eight other defendants were charged with terrorism and high treason.[14]
The Public Prosecutor General (GBA) accuses Malsack-Winkeman, among other things, of having infiltrated other defendants into the Bundestag and scouting out the buildings with them. Malsack-Winkemann is said to have belonged to the so-called Council of "Patriotic Union" and was responsible for a comming justice department. According to the GBA, the group planned an armed storming of the Bundestag in order to arrest members of parliament and bring about a system overthrow. She denies the allegations and describes her role as insignificant.[15]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Bundesschiedsgericht - Alternative für Deutschland". 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Bundesschiedsgericht - Alternative für Deutschland". 7 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022.
- ^ Joswig, Gareth (7 December 2022). "Umsturz-Verdächtige Malsack-Winkemann - Esoterikerin und QAnon-Anhängerin". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German).
- ^ Diekmann, Nicole (8 December 2022). "Nach Reichsbürger-Razzia - Wie gefährlich ist die AfD?". www.zdf.de (in German).
- ^ Löer, Wigbert (8 December 2022). "Erst für die AfD im Bundestag, nun als mutmaßliche Terroristin verhaftet – wer ist Birgit Malsack-Winkemann?". www.stern.de (in German).
- ^ Crossland, David. "Former German MP 'smuggled coup plotters into Reichstag'". Times. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Biografie. Dr. Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, AfD Juristin". Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ "AfD beendet Kandidatenkür für die Wahl". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German).
- ^ Gürgen, Malene (19 October 2017). "AfD im Bundestag: Sie kommen ...". Die Tageszeitung: Taz – via taz.de.
- ^ RBB24.de: Mit holprigem Start in Richtung Bundestag Archived 24 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine, June 2021
- ^ "Bundesweite Razzia wegen geplanten Staatsstreichs". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ "Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup". BBC . 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ Philip Oltermann (7 December 2022). "Key figures behind alleged far-right plot to overthrow the German government". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ de Cristofaro, Pietro (21 May 2024). "Germany's Prince Reuss in court accused of leading 'Reichsbürger' coup plot that shocked the country". The Independent.
- ^ LTO. "Malsack-Winkemann äußert sich im Prinz-Reuß-Prozess". Legal Tribune Online (in German). Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- Living people
- 1964 births
- Members of the Bundestag for Berlin
- Politicians from Darmstadt
- University of Bayreuth alumni
- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
- Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany
- Female members of the Bundestag
- 21st-century German women politicians
- 20th-century German jurists
- Heidelberg University alumni
- Prisoners and detainees of Germany
- Far-right politics in Germany