Katrin Ebner-Steiner Explained

Katrin Ebner-Steiner
Office:Member of the Landtag of Bavaria
Birth Date:26 August 1978
Birth Place:Deggendorf, West Germany
Party:AfD
Nationality:German
Children:4
Term Start:5 November 2018

Katrin Ebner-Steiner (born 26 August 1978)[1] is a German politician. She represents the Alternative for Germany ("AfD", or Alternative für Deutschland) party and is former chair of the AfD in the Bavarian state parliament.

Life

Ebner-Steineris is a trained accountant.[2]

She is married and has four children.

Politics

She failed several times in her candidacy for state chairmanship of AfD Bavaria, and also ran unsuccessfully for the Bundestag. In 2018 she was elected to the Bavarian state parliament on the AfD Party list.

Under Ebner-Steiner, the AfD faction in the state parliament increasingly split into two hostile camps. A total of five MPs resigned from the parliamentary group. In 2021, she and her colleague Ingo Hahn were voted out as parliamentary group leaders.[3]

Ebner-Steiner belongs to the völkisch fraction within AfD, formerly organized in "Der Flügel". She has strong ties to Björn Höcke.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Katrin Ebner-Steiner, AfD . 5 November 2018 . bayern.landtag.de . Bayerische Landtag . 24 January 2022.
  2. Web site: Reichart . Johannes . AfD in Bayern: Radikal rechtsaußen . 2023-09-29 . tagesschau.de . de.
  3. Web site: Osel . Johann . 2020-05-24 . Bayern-AfD: Fraktionschefin Ebner-Steiner droht Abwahl . 2023-09-29 . Süddeutsche.de . de.