Joana Cotar | |
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| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
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| Born | (1973-04-06)6 April 1973 (age 51) Pitești,Romania |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Independent[1] |
| Other political affiliations | Alternative for Germany (until 2022) |
Joana Cotar (born 6 April 1973) is a German politician who has been amember of the Bundestag since the2017 German federal election. Until November 2022, she was a member for theAlternative for Germany (AfD).
Cotar was born 1973 inPitești,Romania and studiedGerman studies andpolitical science atUniversity 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-chairmenJörg Meuthen and the right-wing extremist members of the board. Cotar belongs to the Meuthen-fraction and has publicly criticized chairmanTino Chrupalla.[3]
According to her account, she left the AfD on 21 November 2022.[4] Cotar cited "the close proximity of leading AfD officials to the President of the Russian Federation" as reason for her resignation.[5]
Cotar decided against running for parliament in the2025 election.[6]
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