Georg Pazderski (born 6 October 1951) is a retired German officer (last rank: Colonel) and politician for the

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(AfD) party.

Biography

Pazderski was born 1951 in the West German city of Pirmasens and became a soldier in the Bundeswehr. From 2017 to 2019 he was one of the deputy leaders of right-wing party

and, from 2017 to 2021, state chairman in Berlin. Pazderski’s candidacies in the

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and

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both failed. Pazderski has been the subject of several controversies. In 2018, a jewish organisation excluded him from participating in a ceremony in memory of the victims Kristallnacht, citing his party’s antisemitism. In 2016, a court forced him to retract nonsensical claims that the German government had sponsored Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Vulgar comments regarding a female politician’s looks prompted accusations of sexism in 2021.

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