Oliver Kirchner

Oliver Kirchner
Member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
Assumed office
12 April 2016
Preceded byHans-Joachim Mewes
ConstituencyMagdeburg I (2016–2021)
Personal details
Born (1966-05-04) 4 May 1966 (age 60)
Magdeburg
PartyAlternative for Germany (since 2014)

Oliver Kirchner (born 4 May 1966 in Magdeburg) is a German politician serving as a member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt since 2016. He has served as group leader of the Alternative for Germany and as leader of the opposition since 2018.

In the aftermath of the 2026 Saxony-Anhalt state election Kirchner claimed that it was difficult for the AfD to cooperate with a party (BSW) led "by a woman named Mohamed Ali and by this half-Italian" (BSW co-leaders Amira Mohamed Ali and Fabio De Masi). In response, BSW founder Sarah Wagenknecht called out the AfD leadership as being "very weird individuals" unsuited to govern.

References

  1. ↑ "Oliver Kirchner". Parliamentwatch (in German).
  2. ↑ "Übersicht der Spitzenkandidatinnen und Kandidaten" (in German). Radio Brocken.
  3. ↑ "AfD-Co-Fraktionschef wettert gegen BSW-Spitze" [Co-leader of the AfD fraction strongly attacks the BSW leadership].
  4. ↑ "'No compromises': Far-right AfD has few potential partners".
  5. ↑ ""Wirklich schräge Figuren" – Wagenknecht attackiert AfD und prophezeit baldigen Kanzler-Sturz" [Wagenknecht attacks the AfD and expects an imminent resignation of the Chancellor].