The AfD in Saxony has elected the co-founder and honorary chairman of the AfD, Alexander Gauland, to sixth place on the list of candidates for the Bundestag elections. The 83-year-old received 363 yes votes at the party conference in Löbau in eastern Saxony - and thus prevailed over Edgar Naujok, who had also stood for the list position.
Gauland had actually decided not to run again, but had always included a "caveat", as he emphasized in his speech to more than 400 delegates. He wanted to give something back to his hometown of Chemnitz at the end of his political life, said the 83-year-old. The candidacy in Saxony was an offer from his hometown of Chemnitz, Gauland had previously explained.
The Saxon AfD votes in Löbau on the list of candidates for the federal election, with Tino Chrupalla in the top spot.
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