# Tobias Rausch

Tobias Rausch was born on 28 November 1990 in Mellrichstadt and grew up in Staßfurt. He has been an AfD member since 2013 and a member of the Saxony-Anhalt Landtag since April 2016 ([Wikipedia DE](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Rausch_%28Politiker%29)). Before his election he was parliamentary business manager of the AfD group and general secretary of the state party ([tagesschau](https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/landtagspraesident-sachsen-anhalt-102.html)). On 6 October 2026 the newly constituted Landtag elected him president in a secret ballot: 48 yes, 29 no and 5 abstentions out of 82 valid votes ([Landtag Sachsen-Anhalt](https://www.landtag.sachsen-anhalt.de/artikel/landtag-hat-sich-konstituiert)). Nine votes came from outside the AfD group. The BSW had declared its support, so at least four came from the CDU, SPD, Greens or Left, although the CDU leadership had recommended abstention. He is the first AfD Landtag president in Germany, and the state AfD is classified as confirmed right-wing extremist ([tagesschau](https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/landtagspraesident-sachsen-anhalt-102.html)). Who benefits (our assessment): the post gives the AfD institutional standing and agenda control in a state it won with 43.8% (fact).

### Questions people ask

#### Who is Tobias Rausch?

He is the AfD politician elected president of the Saxony-Anhalt Landtag on 6 October 2026, the first from his party in any German state ([tagesschau](https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/landtagspraesident-sachsen-anhalt-102.html)).

#### How many votes did Rausch get?

He got 48 of 82 valid votes, against 29 no votes and 5 abstentions ([Landtag Sachsen-Anhalt](https://www.landtag.sachsen-anhalt.de/artikel/landtag-hat-sich-konstituiert)).

#### Who supported Rausch's election?

The AfD group and the BSW, plus at least four MPs from the CDU, SPD, Greens or Left in the secret ballot ([tagesschau](https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/landtagspraesident-sachsen-anhalt-102.html)).

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