Steffen Kotré
Kotré in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1974-04-29) 29 April 1974
NationalityGerman
Political partyAfD

Steffen Kotré (born 29 April 1974 in East Berlin, East Germany) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.

Life and politics

Kotre was born 1974 in East Berlin and studied engineering management.[1] He is member of the fraternity Corps Berlin.[2]

In 2013, Kotre entered the newly founded Alternative for Germany (AfD) and after the 2017 German federal election became a member of the Bundestag representing Brandenburg.[3]

As of 2019, Kotre denied the scientific consensus on climate change.[4]

In February 2023, Kotré appeared in a Russian TV show by Vladimir Solovyov (TV presenter). He stated that German mainstream media were doing all they could to turn Germans against Russia and criticised German weapon deliveries to Ukraine.[5] According to an AfD spokesman Kotré’s participation in the TV show was "not known" to the party.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Deutscher Bundestag - Steffen Kotré". bundestag.de. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Der gefürchtete Kandidat - Brandenburg - Berliner Morgenpost". morgenpost.de. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Vita – Steffen Kotré – Energiepolitik im Bundestag". steffenkotre.de. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Regierung ist der Sargnagel unserer gesicherten Stromversorgung! - Steffen Kotré - AfD-Fraktion - AfD-Fraktion im deutschen Bundestag". afdbundestag.de. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Ukraine-Liveticker: Leopard-1-Panzer wurden laut Melnyk schon im April angeboten". FAZ.NET (in German). 3 February 2023. ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Philipp Sandmann (2 February 2023). "AfD-Politiker tritt in Propaganda-Show des Kreml auf". ntv Nachrichtenfernsehen (in German). Retrieved 3 February 2023.


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