Petr Bystron
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Petr Bystron | |
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Member of the Bundestag for Bavaria | |
In office 24 September 2017 – July 2024 | |
Succeeded by | Manfred Schiller |
Personal details | |
Born | Petr Bystroň 30 November 1972[1] Olomouc, Czechoslovakia |
Nationality | German |
Political party | Alternative for Germany |
Other political affiliations | Free Democratic Party (2006–2013) |
Alma mater | School of Political Science, Munich |
Website | petrbystron |
Petr Bystron (born 30 November 1972) is a German politician. He is a member of Bundestag since the German federal election in 2017 for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.[1] Czech intelligent service BIS presented evidence in 2024 that Bystron was bribed by Russia to represent its interests in the European Parliament and German Bundestag. In a later investigation by German police they found evidence for corruption and money laundering.[2][3][4]
Bystron moved to Germany with his parents in 1987 from the former Czechoslovakia. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 2006 to 2013.[5]
In 2017 Bystron was monitored by the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution because of his close ties to the Identitarian movement. On extreme right-wing PI-News Bystron wrote AfD had to be a „protective shield for this organisation". The German National Security Service named Bystron in his report about the monitoring of AfD as a party with anti-constitutional goals.[6]
Bystron and Maximilian Krah were elected as the AfD's top candidates for the 2024 European Parliament election in Germany.
References
- ^ a b "Deutscher Bundestag – Petr Bystron". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ RBB, Andrea Becker, Georg Heil und Markus Pohl. "Russische Einflussoperation: Geldübergabe an Bystron im Auto?". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ deutschlandfunk.de. "AfD - Hinweise auf mögliche Geldübergabe an Bystron - Ermittlungen gegen Halemba". Die Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ WDR, Petra Blum und Katja Riedel. "Ermittlung wegen Bestechlichkeit: Neue Spuren im Fall Bystron". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Petr Bystroň ends at the head of the Bavarian AfD organization". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Czech News Agency. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ Meister, Andre; Biselli, Anna; Reuter, Markus (28 January 2019). "Prüffall: Wir veröffentlichen das Verfassungsschutz-Gutachten zur AfD". netzpolitik.org (in German). Retrieved 9 April 2024.
External links
- "PetrBystron – Alternative für Deutschland" (in German). Official website
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Olomouc
- Free Democratic Party (Germany) politicians
- Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria
- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
- Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
- Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany
- AfD pro-Russia movement
- German political scientists
- German people of Czech descent
- Alternative for Germany politicians stubs