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Former Stasi officer elected to Saxony-Anhalt state parliament for AfD

Original: What got lost in # SaxonyAnhalt # election news is this little "nugget": One of the elected # AfD politicians who won a

Frank-Ronald Bischoff, a candidate for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), has won a direct seat in the Saxony-Anhalt state election with 39.5% of the vote, 18 percentage points ahead of his nearest rival. Attention is focusing on his past: commentators note he served for twelve years as an officer in the East German Stasi secret police, a detail they say was overshadowed by broader election coverage.

Why now: The election of a former Stasi officer for the AfD is drawing scrutiny and debate about the party's candidates.

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• What got lost in # SaxonyAnhalt # election news is this little "nugget": One of the elected # AfD politicians who won a seat is Frank-Ronald # Bischoff , a former # Stasi officer with 12 years of … "experience". He won his seat directly, with 39.5%, 18 percentage points above… · Wuzzy@cyberplace.social · 9

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