Joana Cotar
Joana Cotar (born 6 April 1973) is a German politician who has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2017 German federal election. Until November 2022, she was a member for the Alternative for Germany (AfD). Life and politicsCotar was born 1973 in Pitești, Romania and studied German studies and political science at University of Mannheim.[1] During her time in college she was a member of the CDU. Cotar entered the newly founded AfD in 2013 and became a member of the Bundestag after the 2017 German federal election.[2] Cotar was a member of the party's federal executive board but did not seek reelection at the June 2022 AfD convention. She was part of the intra-party power struggle between the right-wing AfD-chairmen Jörg Meuthen and the right-wing extremist members of the board. Cotar belongs to the Meuthen-fraction and has publicly criticized chairman Tino Chrupalla.[3] According to her account, she left the AfD on 21 November 2022.[4] Cotar cites "the close proximity of leading AfD officials to the President of the Russian Federation" as reason for her resignation.[5] She announced not running for parliament in the 2025 elections. References
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