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Georg Pazderski (born 6 October 1951) is a retired German military officer and politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Biography
Pazderski was born 1951 in the West German city of Pirmasens to a German mother and a Polish father, former forced laborer. He served in the Bundeswehr, retiring as a colonel.
From 2017 to 2019 he was one of the deputy leaders of right-wing party Alternative for Germany and, from 2017 to 2021, state chairman in Berlin.
Pazderski’s candidacies in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election 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 false 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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- "Eklat bei Namensverlesung für ermordete Juden: Rosh verbietet AfD das Gedenken am Holocaust-Mahnmal". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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- "Richtigstellung - Alternative für Deutschland". 15 August 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- Deutschland, RedaktionsNetzwerk (14 December 2021). "Ricarda Lang von AfD-Politiker wegen Aussehen beleidigt - große Empörung". www.rnd.de (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2023.