Rainer Kraft (politician) explained

Rainer Kraft
Office:	Member of the Bundestag
Term Start:	24 October 2017
Birth Date:	8 January 1974
Party:	AfD
Nationality:	German

Rainer Kraft (born 8 January 1974) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.

Life and politics

Kraft was born 1974 in the West German town of Gräfelfing and studied chemistry and reached his PhD in 2002.^[1] Kraft entered the newly founded populist AfD in 2013 and became after the 2017 German federal election a member of the Bundestag.^[2] Kraft is considered to be part of the right-wing factional cluster Der Flügel (the wing).^[3]

Kraft denies the scientific consensus on climate change.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Deutscher Bundestag – Dr. Rainer Kraft. Deutscher Bundestag. de. 23 September 2019.
2. Schwäbische Zeitung 25 September 2017; print edition (in German)
3. Web site: AfD holt Fan der Identitären nach vorn. 21 February 2018. de. 23 September 2019.
4. Web site: Rainer Kraft zum Klimawandel: AfD will aus Klimaschutz aussteigen. www.zdf.de. de. 23 September 2019.