Frauke Petry

Frauke Petry

Petry in 2015
Spokesperson for Alternative fur Deutschland
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born Frauke Marquardt
(1975-06-01) 1 June 1975
Dresden, East Germany
(Now Germany)
Political party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD)
Spouse(s) Sven Petry
Domestic partner Marcus Pretzell (2015-present)
Children 4
Residence Frohburg, Germany
Education University of Reading
University of Göttingen
Occupation Chemist, businesswoman, politician

Frauke Petry (born Marquardt, 1 June 1975 in Dresden) is a German chemist, businesswoman and politician who was one of three elected party spokespersons of the Alternative for Germany from 2013 to 2015.

She has been the Speaker of the Alternative for Germany with Jörg Meuthen since 2015.

Biography

Petry grew up in Saxony. In 1992 her family moved to Bergkamen in Westphalia. Petry took her first degree in chemistry at the University of Reading in 1998, before attending the University of Göttingen, gaining a doctoral degree there in 2004.[1][2]

In 2007 Petry founded her own business, PURinvent, a Leipzig-based manufacturer of polyurethane tire fill products.[2] She received the Medal of the Order of Merit in 2012.[3][4]

In her party she represents the national conservative faction supporting policies of National Self Determinism which are generally thought of as right-wing policies. She has recently been criticized by Lutz Bachmann of the anti-Islamic movement Pegida for supporting the right of Islamic Germans to circumcision.[5]

Petry is married to a pastor named Sven while also involved in a domestic partnership with Marcus Pretzell. She has four children and lives in Tautenhain, Saxony.[2][3] Petry published a statement in early October in which she announced that she would separate from her husband, while also noting that “much more than just friendly feelings” had developed between her and fellow party member Marcus Pretzell.[6] Sven Petry has since joined the CDU.[7][8]

Petry was made a source of controversy in January 2016 when asked about European and German border policies by a reporter from the regional newspaper Mannheimer Morgen Petry initially answered that the German Border police must do their jobs by "hindering illegal entry of refugees." She then cited existing German law which states that the border police may "use firearms if necessary" to "prevent illegal border crossings". The reporter followed up on her response, using the term Schiessbefehl which means "order to shoot". Petry clarified that she did not use that term, going on to state that no policeman "wants to fire on a refugee and I don't want that either" but that border police must follow the law to maintain the integrity of European borders.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Petry, Frauke (2004). Charakterisierung eines neuen ATP-binding-cassette Transporters aus der ABCA-Subfamilie (PDF) (in German). University of Göttingen. p. 129. Retrieved 27 September 2013.(dissertation/curriculum vitae)
  2. 1 2 3 Lang, Thomas (9 February 2011). "Geithain - Gründerinnenpreis Sachsens geht an Tautenhainerin". Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 Lang, Thomas (8 October 2012). "Borna - Verdienstorden mit 37 Jahren". Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ordensverleihung zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit" (in German). Bundespräsidialamt. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Lutz Bachmann Accuses AfD’s Petry | ZEIT ONLINE". breitbart.com. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  6. ↑ Peter Teffer (30 October 2015). "Germany's anti-euro party which became two". euobserver. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Decker, Markus (12 October 2015). "Sven Petry geht zur CDU" (in German). FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  8. ↑ Kate Connolly (7 February 2016). "Frauke Petry: Smiling face of Germany's resurgent right". The Observer. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  9. ↑ morgenweb.de. Mannheimer Morgen http://www.morgenweb.de/nachrichten/politik/sie-konnen-es-nicht-lassen-1.2620328. Retrieved January 30, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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