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Tino Chrupalla
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Chrupalla in 2023
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| Leader of the Alternative for Germany in the Bundestag |
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| Assumed office 30 September 2021 Serving with Alice Weidel
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| Deputy | Peter Felser Leif-Erik Holm Sebastian Münzenmaier Beatrix von Storch |
| Chief Whip | Bernd Baumann |
| Preceded by | Alexander Gauland |
| Leader of the Alternative for Germany | |
| Assumed office 30 November 2019 Serving with Alice Weidel
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| Deputy | Stephan Brandner Peter Boehringer Mariana Harder-Kühnel |
| Preceded by | Alexander Gauland |
| Member of the Bundestag for Görlitz |
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| Assumed office 24 October 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Kretschmer |
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| Born | 14 April 1975 Weißwasser, Bezirk Cottbus, East Germany |
| Political party | Alternative for Germany |
| Children | 3 |
Tino Chrupalla (born 14 April 1975) is a German politician. He is a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Since 2017, he has been a member of the German parliament, called the Bundestag. Since 2019, he has been a co-leader of the AfD party, working with Alice Weidel.
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About Tino Chrupalla
Tino Chrupalla was born on 14 April 1975 in Weißwasser, which was then part of East Germany. In 2003, he became a licensed house painter and master varnisher. He later owned his own construction company. Chrupalla is married and has three children.
In March 2020, a car on Chrupalla's property caught fire. Police thought it might have been arson, but this was never confirmed. In October 2023, Chrupalla was taken to the hospital. This happened shortly before he was going to speak at a political event. It was thought he might have been attacked with a syringe. Police investigated, but it was not clear what happened.
His Political Journey
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In the 1990s, Tino Chrupalla joined a youth group linked to the CDU party. In 2015, he joined the AfD party. The next year, he was elected to a local committee for Görlitz. In the 2017 German federal election, he won a seat in the Bundestag for the Görlitz area.
Chrupalla is one of the deputy chief whips for the AfD group in the parliament. Before the 2021 German federal election, he was a main candidate for the AfD, along with Alice Weidel. On 30 September 2021, he and Weidel became the leaders of the AfD group in the Bundestag. They took over from Alexander Gauland.
What He Believes
General Ideas
Some people see Chrupalla as one of the more moderate members of the AfD in the Bundestag. He has said that border security is very important to him. He wants Germany to check its borders more closely to stop crime. He also wants the AfD party to work together and not be divided.
In 2019, Chrupalla spoke in the Bundestag about the fall of the Berlin Wall. He suggested that former Chancellor Angela Merkel had learned how to control people using propaganda when she was in East Germany.
Views on Russia, World War II, USA, and Ukraine
In 2017, Chrupalla asked for an end to the rules placed on Russia. These rules were put in place after Russia took over Crimea in 2014. He said that these rules were hurting the economy in his local area.
In 2020, Chrupalla talked about the Bombing of Dresden during World War II. He questioned the number of deaths that historians had found. He said that his family members, who were there, believed many more people died. Historians disagreed with his statements. They said his numbers came from old propaganda.
In June 2021, Chrupalla went to Moscow with other AfD members. They laid a wreath to mark 80 years since Germany attacked the Soviet Union. He said he wanted to show a sign of peace. He also visited Moscow again later. There, he spoke about the "psychological warfare" of the Western Allies after World War II. He said that the way the Allies re-educated Germans after the war changed Germany's identity. He compared this to Nazi propaganda.
After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Chrupalla said that "this war also has several fathers." He suggested that the roles of NATO and the German government should also be discussed. In November 2022, he said that Russian President Putin was "not a war criminal." He believed that calling him that would not help. He also said that "American presidents who are just as much war criminals" exist, mentioning George W. Bush and the Iraq War. Chrupalla is against sending weapons to Ukraine. He thinks it will make the conflict last longer, not end it. He wants peace talks to happen quickly. He also suggested that the USA might have benefited from the damage to the Nord Stream pipelines. He said the USA wanted to sell expensive gas to Germany. He also said that Germany does not only have friends in the West.
In January 2023, Germany said it would send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Chrupalla said this would mean "walking blindly straight into open fire" and "straight into World War III." In March 2023, he said in the Bundestag that Russia and Ukraine were both losing the war. He claimed that "there is only one winner again, and that winner is the USA."
In May 2023, he went to a party at the Russian Embassy in Berlin. He wore a tie with the colors of the Russian flag. He later said he did not thank the Russian ambassador for freeing Germany from Nazism. He said that Russia left Germany in 1994 and good business ties were made. But he said the "Americans have stayed and are keeping our country economically dependent."
In 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj spoke in the Bundestag. Chrupalla and Weidel refused to listen to him. They said Selenskyj's time in office had "expired." They called him "only a war and begging president."
Views on China
Chrupalla does not like limits on Chinese technology. In 2023, he supported Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang. Qin Gang was trying to help make peace in Ukraine after Russia's invasion.
Views on Serbia
In November 2023, Chrupalla and another AfD member met with Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski. She leads a Serbian far-right party. She visited the Bundestag in Berlin. She said the AfD was "leading a sovereignist and state-building option in Germany."
Views on COVID-19
In December 2021, Chrupalla spoke against making COVID-19 vaccinations required. He said that vaccination made sense for older people and those who were already sick. When a TV host said that many COVID-19 patients in hospitals were not vaccinated, Chrupalla said these numbers were not confirmed. He blamed budget cuts and smaller medical departments for hospitals being full.
Images for kids
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Tino Chrupalla in 2019
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Tino Chrupalla in 2020
See also
In Spanish: Tino Chrupalla para niños
