Kurt Kleinschmidt

Kurt Klaus Kleinschmidt (born 7 February 1967) is a former German military officer and a politician from the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Biography Kleinschmidt hails from Bavaria and now lives in North Friesland. A former soldier, he had a military career including being stationed in Kosovo and Afghanistan. On 1 April 2022 Kleinschmidt became an armed forces reservist in the German armed forces. In the Schleswig-Holstein state election in May 2022, the party had lost all their seats. In the 2023 local elections, Kleinschmidt was a candidate for North Friesland and Leck.

On 3 November 2024, Kleinschmidt was selected as the top candidate in Schleswig-Holstein in the 2025 German federal election. With 51 percent of the votes, party delegates elected Kleinschmidt to first place on the state list for the federal election. In the election he was elected.