Kristin Brinker (born April 6, 1972 in Bernburg) is a German politician. A member of the Alternative for Germany (AFD) party, Brinker has been a member of the Berlin House of Representatives since 2016. Brinker has been state chair of the Berlin AfD since March 2021.
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Life edit
Kristin Brinker was born in Bernburg in the Bezirk Halle of East Germany in 1972 and, according to her own account, grew up working-class. Brinker became an investment advisor at the Berliner Volksbank and trained as a cooperative bank clerk.[1][2]
Brinker was head of German Taxpayers Federation Berlin from 2012 to 2016 and then founding the Berlin state organization of far-right Alternative for Germany.[3][4]
Brinker joined the AfD in 2013 and is considered part of the “more liberal" wing of the party.[5] Brinker defeated Beatrix von Storch in 2021 to become chair of the Berlin AfD.[6]
References edit
- ^ Leister, Annika (August 2020). "Kristin Brinker (AfD): "Sicher wird man als Frau auch mal vorgeschoben"". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Kristin Brinker". AfD-Fraktion Berlin (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Dr. Kristin Brinker". Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ Rundfunk 91.4, Berliner. "Kristin Brinker für die AfD". berliner-rundfunk.de (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Die parteiinternen Fronten der AfD - Berlin - Aktuelle Nachrichten - Berliner Morgenpost". 24 September 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Sieg gegen Beatrix von Storch: Brinker überraschend zur Berliner AfD-Vorsitzenden gewählt". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2 October 2021.