Frauke Petry (German: [ˈfʁaʊkə ˈpeːtʁiː]; née Marquardt; born

1 June 1975) is a German politician who was the chair of

the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from 4 July 2015
to 29 September 2017. Petry had been described as a
representative of the national conservative wing of her
party by most political scientists.[2][3][4][5]
Petry was formerly one of three party spokespersons from
2013 to 2015,[1] and became leader in 2015 by displacing
the party's founder Bernd Lucke after an internal power
struggle; Lucke subsequently left the party and said it has
"fallen irretrievably into the wrong hands" after Petry's
election. Petry is noted for her anti-Islamviews and for her
calls to ban minarets,[6] and for arguing that German police
should "use firearms if necessary" to prevent illegal
border-crossings.[7] She is a chemist by education and has
a professional background as a businesswoman.