Wiebke Muhsal

Wiebke Muhsal (born 6 April 1986) is a German politician with the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). Since 2014, she is a member of the Landtag of Thuringia and deputy chairman of the AfD caucus. She is also her party's critic on family and education policy and is a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Youth and Sports.

Life and education Muhsal was raised in Münster and Bad Salzuflen. In 2005 she began studying Jurisprudence at the University of Jena, from which in 2012 she graduated with a Diplom-Juristin degree. After completing her studies, she devoted herself primarily to raising her three sons until her election to the Thuringian Landtag in 2014. Muhsal is married and lives in Jena. She is a practising Roman Catholic.

Political engagement Muhsal joined the AfD in November 2013.

The Thuringian AfD parliamentary group wants to propose Wiebke Muhsal as a candidate for the office of state parliament president in 2024.

Positions Muhsal is primarily interested in education and family policy. She advocates a marriage loan (Ehekredit) for young couples similar to practises in the former GDR and a basic allowance for children (Baukindergeld). She also argued for the preservation of the state education allowance (Landeserziehungsgeld) Muhsal denied the allegations and launched a counter-accusation of libel. Erfurt Regional Court sentenced her to a fine of 8,000 euros. The appeal against this was finally dismissed by the Thuringian Higher Regional Court in 2017.

Links Official biography (in German) at the Landtag of Thuringia.