Ulrich Siegmund
Ulrich Siegmund | |
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_AfD_Ulrich_Siegmund_160831044.jpg) Siegmund in 2026 | |
| Member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt | |
| Assumed office 12 April 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 October 1990 Havelberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany |
| Party | Alternative for Germany |
Ulrich Siegmund (born 25 October 1990) is a German politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) who has served as a member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt since 2016.[1] He has served as co-group leader of the far-right party AfD since 2022.[2] On 25 November 2023, Siegmund took part in the 2023 Potsdam far-right meeting. Siegmund was chair of the social affairs committee until February 2024 when the parliament voted to remove him from the role due to his participation in the meeting.[3]
Siegmund is running as the lead candidate for the AfD in the 2026 Saxony-Anhalt state election.
Life
Ulrich Siegmund was born on 25 October, 1990 in Havelberg, Germany.[4]
He did an apprenticeship in Wholesale and Foreign Trade Specialist (Groß- und Einzelhandelskaufmann). He registered a company to sell room fragrance. Later he studied Business Psychology and Business Administration in a Distance Learning modi at the private European Distance University Hamburg GmbH (Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg).[4][5]
He became member of AfD in 2014.[6]
In a state party conference in Magdeburg, he was selected by AfD to be their lead candidate, getting 98.3% of the votes.[7] Since 2016, Siegmund has been a member of the State Landtag.[8][9] In 2022, Oliver Kirchner, chair of the AfD parliamentary group in Saxony-Anhalt, proposed that both of them could be lead candidate. Shortly after, Siegmund began co-chairing the parliamentary group with Kirchner.[10][11]
Siegmund is married to school social worker Julia Siegmund. He is father of one child from an earlier relationship.[12][13]
References
- ↑ "Ulrich Siegmund (AfD)" (in German). Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.
- ↑ "Parteitag in Magdeburg: AfD wählt Ulrich Siegmund zum Spitzenkandidaten" (in German). Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. 24 May 2025.
- ↑ Deutsche Presse-Agentur (21 February 2024). "AfD-Politiker verliert Ausschussvorsitz nach Teilnahme an Potsdamer Treffen" [AfD politician loses committee chairmanship after participating in Potsdam meeting]. Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- 1 2 "- Biografien". www.landtag.sachsen-anhalt.de (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ dpa (4 August 2026). "Wahlkampf: Siegmund sieht Transparenz zu Abschluss hergestellt". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ Pohlmann, Amelie (23 August 2026). "Ulrich Siegmund: Ausbildung, Familie, Positionen – AfD-Mann im Steckbrief". www.morgenpost.de (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "AfD wählt Ulrich Siegmund zum Spitzenkandidaten für Landtagswahl 2026" [AfD elects Ulrich Siegmund as its lead candidate for the 2026 state elections]. Deutschlandfunk (in German). 23 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ↑ Lyko, Donald (16 March 2016). "Deutlich mehr ungültige Erststimmen" [Significantly more invalid first votes]. Volksstimme (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ "Gewählte Abgeordnete" [Elected Members of Parliament]. Statistical Office of Saxony-Anhalt (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ Deutsche Presse-Agentur (25 July 2022). "Ulrich Siegmund soll in der AfD-Fraktion aufsteigen" [Ulrich Siegmund is to be promoted within the AfD parliamentary group]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ Vorreyer, Thomas (23 August 2022). "Doppelspitze bei AfD: Siegmund jetzt Co-Fraktionschef" [Dual leadership at AfD: Siegmund now co-chair of parliamentary group]. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ "Wahl in Sachsen-Anhalt: AfD-Spitzenkandidat Ulrich Siegmund hofft auf historischen Erfolg". t-online (in German). 5 August 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "Abmahnung wegen AfD-Aussage: Wie politisch darf Unterricht sein?". ZDFheute (in German). 23 July 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.