Birgit Malsack-Winkemann

Birgit Malsack-Winkemann (born 12 August 1964) is a German far-right politician and former judge, and had a main role in the uncovered 2022 German coup d'état plot of "Patriotic Union" group. She was a member of the 19th Bundestag from 2017 to 2021 for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), of which she has been a member since 2013. After losing re-election to the Bundestag in 2021, Winkemann returned to her previous position as a judge in the Berlin regional court.

On 7 December 2022, she was arrested during a large-scale raid against an alleged right-wing terrorist association with roots stemming from within the Reichsbürger movement.

Biography Malsack-Winkemann was born on 12 August 1964 in Darmstadt and studied law at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. In June 2021 she was nominated in 5th position on the AfD state candidate list for Bundestag, after she lost against Georg Pazderski - with the state party only winning 3 proportionally allocated seats, she lost re-election.

She has been a member of the AfD's party Court of Arbitration since June 2022. She would have become the Minister of Justice of the government which would be formed if they had managed to realise their plan.

At a trial that started on 21 May 2024, Malsack-Winkemann and eight other defendants were charged with terrorism and high treason.

The Public Prosecutor General (GBA) accuses Malsack-Winkeman, among other things, of having infiltrated other defendants into the Bundestag and scouting out the buildings with them. Malsack-Winkemann is said to have belonged to the so-called Council of the "Patriotic Union". According to the GBA, the group planned an armed storming of the Bundestag in order to arrest members of parliament and bring about a system overthrow. She denies the allegations and describes her role as insignificant.