Peter Boehringer

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Peter Boehringer
Peter Boehringer, 2014, Edelmetallmesse Munchen.jpg
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1969-04-06) 6 April 1969 (age 55)
Schwäbisch Gmünd, West Germany
Political party AfD

Peter Boehringer (born 6 April 1969) is a German politician for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body. From 2018 until 2021 he was Chairman of the Budgetary Committee of the German Bundestag.

Life and achievements

Boehringer was born 1969 in the West German town of Schwäbisch Gmünd and studied at the EBS University of Business and Law. He has a Master of Business Administration. [1]

Boehringer is member of the German libertarian Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung. [2]

In 2015, Boehringer entered the populist AfD [3] and became member of the Bundestag in 2017.

He gained some media attention after a foul-worded group email from him become public in which he called the German chancellor Angela Merkel 'Merkelnutte', using a German term for prostitute. [4] [5]

Boehringer denies the scientific consensus on climate change. [6]

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References

  1. "Peter Boehringer". Deutscher Bundestag.
  2. Riedel, Katja; Pittelkow, Sebastian (14 July 2017). "Liberale Hayek-Gesellschaft - "Mistbeet der AfD"?" [Liberal Hayek Society – "Hotbed of the AfD"?]. Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  3. Reichart, Johannes (25 September 2021). "Peter Boehringer - "Der Polarisierer"" [Peter Bohringer - "The Polarizer"]. BR (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  4. Amann, Melanie (10 February 2018). "Peter Boehringer: E-Mail bringt AfD-Mann in Erklärungsnot" [Peter Boehringer: E-Mail gets AfD politician into a struggle to explain]. Spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. "German Turks to sue AfD on 'camel drivers' slur". France 24 . 15 February 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  6. "Abschluss-Bericht vom Welt-CO2-Kirchentag · Peter Boehringer". Pboehringer.com.