Peter Boehringer
German politician
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Peter Boehringer (born 6 April 1969) is a German politician for the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) and, since 2017, a member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body. From 2018 until 2021, he was Chairman of the Budgetary Committee of the German Bundestag.[1]
Life and achievements
Boehringer was born 1969 in the West German town of Schwäbisch Gmünd and studied at the EBS University of Business and Law. He has a Master of Business Administration.[2]
Boehringer is member of the German libertarian Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung.[3]
In 2015, Boehringer entered the populist AfD[4] and became member of the Bundestag in 2017.
He gained some media attention after a foul-worded group email from him become public in which he called the German chancellor Angela Merkel 'Merkelnutte', using a German term for prostitute.[5][6]
Boehringer denies the scientific consensus on climate change.[7]