What is Alexander Gauland?
{{infobox officeholder | name = Alexander Gauland | honorific-suffix = [[MdB]] | image = 2019-04-11 Pressekonferenz der AfD by Olaf Kosinsky-8116 (cropped).jpg | caption = Alexander Gauland in 2019 | office1 = Leader of the [[Alternative for Germany]] | alongside1 = [[Jörg Meuthen]] | term_start1 = 2 December 2017 | term_end1 = 30 November 2019 | predecessor1 = [[Frauke Petry]] | successor1 = [[Tino Chrupalla]] | office = [[Leader of the Opposition (Germany)|Leader of the Opposition]] | alongside = [[Alice Weidel]] | term_start = 28 September 2017 | term_end = | predecessor = Office established | successor = | office2 = [[Bundestag|Member of the Bundestag]] <br /> for [[Brandenburg]] | term_start2 = 24 October 2017 | term_end2 = | constituency2 = [[Electoral system of Germany|State Wide Party List]] | birth_name = Alexander Eberhardt Gauland | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|2|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Chemnitz]], [[Gau Saxony|Saxony]], [[Nazi Germany]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Alternative for Germany]] {{small|(2013–present)}} | otherparty = [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] {{small|(1973–2013)}} | partner = Carola Hein | children = 2 | alma_mater = [[University of Marburg]] }} '''Alexander Eberhardt Gauland''' (born 20 February 1941) is a German politician, journalist and lawyer. He is the Leader of the German political party [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) in the [[Bundestag]] since September 2017 and Co Leader of the party since December 2017. He has been a Member of the [[Bundestag]] (MdB) since September 2017. Gauland was the party's co-founder and is its federal spokesman and the party leader for the state of [[Brandenburg]].<ref name=AFDB>{{cite web|url=http://www.afd-brandenburg.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/AG-BewerbungsprofilLandtag.pdf|title=Bewerbungsprofil für Kandidaten für die Landtagswahl 2014 in Brandenburg Alexander Gauland|access-date=29 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305113258/http://www.afd-brandenbu