Kay Gottschalk | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MdB |
Office: | Deputy Leader of the Alternative for Germany |
Leader: | Alexander Gauland Jörg Meuthen |
Alongside: | Beatrix von Storch |
Term Start: | 2 December 2017 |
Term End: | 1 December 2019 |
Predecessor: | Alexander Gauland |
Successor: | Andreas Kalbitz |
Office2: | Chair of the Wirecard scandal inquiry Committee |
Deputy2: | Hans Michelbach |
Term Start2: | 18 October 2020 |
Term End2: | 25 June 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Position established |
Successor2: | Position abolished |
Office9: | Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia |
Term Start9: | 24 October 2017 |
Predecessor9: | multi-member district |
Constituency9: | Alternative for Germany List |
Birth Date: | 12 December 1965 |
Nationality: | German |
Residence: | Nettetal |
Kay Gottschalk (born 12 December 1965) is a German politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and member of the German federal parliament.
Gottschalk was born 1965 in Hamburg and studied business administration and law. He went on to become an insurance manager.[1] [2]
At the 2017 German federal election he was elected member of parliament through a list place in North Rhine-Westphalia.
In December 2017 he was elected as a deputy leader of the AfD.[3] Since 2019 he was married. His husband died on March 1, 2023.[4]
Following Russian invasion of Ukraine, Gottschalk, alongside AfD MEP Guido Reil and a delegation of NRW Landtag visited Ukraine and declared solidarity, representing a minority in the generally pro-Russian party.[5]