Michael Frisch

Michael Frisch (2016)

Michael Frisch (born 4 September 1957 in Trier)^[1] is a German politician (AfD, formerly CDU). Since November 2019 he is the state chairman of the AfD Rhineland-Palatinate and since March 2021 chairman of his parliamentary group in the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Life

Frisch is a teacher for the school subjects mathematics and Catholic religion at the vocational school for nutrition, home economics and social affairs in Trier.^[2] After having been a member of the CDU for a long time,^[3] he joined the AfD in 2013.^[2] On 13 March 2016, he succeeded in becoming a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament in the 2016 state election.

Frisch is AfD district chairman in Trier.^[4] On 25 May 2014, he became parliamentary group leader of the AfD in the Trier city council. In November 2019, he was elected state chairman of the Rhineland-Palatinate AfD.^[5]

In 2017, Frisch, a Catholic, presented a church policy manifesto on the AfD’s relationship with the churches.^[6] In December 2019, he called for the introduction of a final examination for an intermediate school leaving certificate at the Realschule plus in Rhineland-Palatinate. In view of declining performance in the 9th grade, the degree should be revalued in this way.^[7]

In the 2021 state election in Rhineland-Palatinate, Frisch was the top candidate for the AfD, which received 8.3% of the vote. On 19 March 2021, he was unanimously elected parliamentary group leader.^[8]

Web links

Commons: Michael Frisch– Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biography at the Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate
• Fabian Reinbold, Yannic Rehm, Severin Weiland:New AfD MPs: Angry Birds.In: SpiegelOnline. 15 March 2016; retrieved 18 November 2019.

Individual references

1. ↑ Announcement by the State Election Commissioner of the approved state and district lists for the election to the 17th State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate on 13 March 2016.(pdf, 163 kB) Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, 18 January 2016, archived on.Original24March 2016; retrieved 18 November 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Faces of the 2016 election: Michael Frisch (AfD).In: swr.de. 29 February 2016, archived at.OriginalMay 27,2016; retrieved 18 November 2019.
3. ↑ Wolfgang Thielmann:AfD: Devilishly pious Christians.In: ZeitOnline. 5 October 2017, retrieved 3 January 2018.
4. ↑ Rebecca Schaal:AfD against the rest.In: TrierischerVolksfreund. 16 March 2016, retrieved 18 November 2019.
5. ↑ Frisch is the new AfD state leader: “Joachim” shouts for Paul.In: rheinpfalz.de. 17 November 2019, retrieved 17 November 2019.
6. ↑ Devilishly pious Christians.Retrieved February 27, 2021.
7. ↑ AfD wants final exam for middle school diploma, WeltN24, 10 December 2019.
8. ↑ Florian Schlecht:AfD faction in Rhineland-Palatinate elects Michael Frisch from Trier as leader and reproaches ex-vice president Joachim Paul.In: TrierischerVolksfreund. 19 March 2021, retrieved 21 March 2021.