Dr. Alexander Gauland, born 1941, is vice speaker of the AfD and was chairman of the AfD in Brandenburg.
He is the grand old man of his party and supports the openly fascist wing (Björn Höcke, Andreas Kalbitz).

**Secondary Sources:**
– Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Weidel (English)
– Olaf Sundermeyer, Gauland. Die Rache des alten Mannes, München 2018 (German)