Steffen Kotré

Steffen Kotré
Kotré in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1974-04-29) 29 April 1974 (age 51)
NationalityGerman
PartyAfD
Spouse
(m. 2021)

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 were opposing the scientific consensus on climate change.[4]

In February 2023, Kotré appeared in a Russian TV show by Vladimir Solovyov. 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.