Axel Gehrke

Axel Gehrke (12 January 1942 – 22 September 2021) was a German politician for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and a member of the Bundestag from 2017 until 2021.

Axel Gehrke
Gehrke in 2020
Member of the Bundestag for Schleswig-Holstein
In office 24 October 2017 – 22 September 2021
Constituency	AfD List (2017–2021)
Personal details
Born	Axel Gehrke (1942-01-12)12 January 1942 Arnswalde, Province of Pomerania, Nazi Germany
Died	22 September 2021(2021-09-22) (aged 79) Germany
Political party	Alternative for Germany (AfD)
Children	3
Occupation	Doctor

Life and politics

Gehrke was born 1942 in Arnswalde (now Choszczno) and studied medicine. He became a Doctor of Medicine in 1971.^[1]

Gehrke entered the newly founded AfD in 2013 and became after the 2017 German federal election member of the Bundestag.^[2] He did not stand for reelection in the 2021 German federal election.^[3]