Axel Gehrke (12 January 1942 – 22 September 2021) was a German politician for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and a member of the Bundestag from 2017 until 2021.
Axel Gehrke | |
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 Gehrke in 2020 | |
| Member of the Bundestag for Schleswig-Holstein | |
| In office 24 October 2017 – 22 September 2021 | |
| Constituency | AfD List (2017–2021) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Axel Gehrke 12 January 1942 Arnswalde, Province of Pomerania, Nazi Germany |
| Died | 22 September 2021 (aged 79) Germany |
| Political party | Alternative for Germany (AfD) |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Doctor |
Life and politics
Gehrke was born 1942 in Arnswalde (now Choszczno) and studied medicine. He became a Doctor of Medicine in 1971.[1]
Gehrke entered the newly founded AfD in 2013 and became after the 2017 German federal election member of the Bundestag.[2] He did not stand for reelection in the 2021 German federal election.[3]