Kristin Brinker

Kristin Brinker (born April 6, 1972 in Bernburg) is a German politician. A member of the Alternative for Germany (AFD) party, Brinker has been a member of the Berlin House of Representatives since 2016. Brinker has been state chair of the Berlin AfD since March 2021.

Life

Kristin Brinker was born in Bernburg in the Bezirk Halle of East Germany in 1972 and, according to her own account, grew up working-class. Brinker became an investment advisor at the Berliner Volksbank and trained as a cooperative bank clerk.^[1][2]

Brinker was head of German Taxpayers Federation Berlin from 2012 to 2016 and then founding the Berlin state organization of far-right Alternative for Germany.^[3][4]

Brinker joined the AfD in 2013 and is considered part of the “more liberal" wing of the party.^[5] Brinker defeated Beatrix von Storch in 2021 to become chair of the Berlin AfD.^[6]

References

1. Leister, Annika (August 2020). "Kristin Brinker (AfD): "Sicher wird man als Frau auch mal vorgeschoben"". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
2. "Kristin Brinker". AfD-Fraktion Berlin (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
3. "Dr. Kristin Brinker". Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
4. Rundfunk 91.4, Berliner. "Kristin Brinker für die AfD". berliner-rundfunk.de (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
5. "Die parteiinternen Fronten der AfD - Berlin - Aktuelle Nachrichten - Berliner Morgenpost". 24 September 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
6. "Sieg gegen Beatrix von Storch: Brinker überraschend zur Berliner AfD-Vorsitzenden gewählt". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2 October 2021.