{{Short description|German politician (born 1957)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Update|date=November 2025|reason=The German version of the article says he is no longer member of the AfD}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Michael Frisch | image = 2021-01-28 Michael Frisch AfD MdL by OlafKosinsky MG 6719.jpg | caption = Frisch in 2021
| office = | term_start = November 2019 | term_end =
| office1 = Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate | term_start1 = 18 May 2016 | term_end1 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1957|09|04}} | birth_name = Michael Frisch | birth_place = Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate | party = Alternative for Germany }} '''Michael Frisch''' (born 4 September 1957) was a German politician of Alternative for Germany (AfD). He has been leader of the party's Rhineland-Palatinate branch since November 2019.
Frisch teaches mathematics and Catholic religion at the vocational school for nutrition, home economics and social affairs in Trier. He became a member of AfD in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swr.de/landesschau-rp/unsere-gesichter-der-wahl-2016-michael-frisch-afd/-/id=122144/did=17036656/nid=122144/1k10q0t/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527151009/https://www.swr.de/landesschau-rp/unsere-gesichter-der-wahl-2016-michael-frisch-afd/-/id=122144/did=17036656/nid=122144/1k10q0t/index.html|title=Michael Frisch (AfD)|archive-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> On 13 March 2016, he was elected to the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate in the 2016 state election. Frisch is AfD district chairman in Trier and state board member of AfD Rhineland-Palatinate. On 25 May 2014, he became chairman of the AfD parliamentary group in the Trier city council.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.volksfreund.de/region/trier-trierer-land/afd-gegen-den-rest-trierer-stadtrat-schlaegt-schaerferen-ton-an_aid-6118073|title=AfD against the rest: Trier city council strikes a sharper tone|date=16 March 2016|publisher=Volksfreund.de}}</ref> In November 2019, he was elected state chairman of the Rhineland-Palatinate AfD. In September 2020, he was chosen as the party's lead candidate for the 2021 state election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.n-tv.de/regionales/rheinland-pfalz-und-saarland/AfD-geht-mit-25-Listenbewerbern-in-die-Landtagswahl-article22017013.html|title=AfD is going to the state election with 25 candidates|date=5 September 2020|publisher=N-tv.de}}</ref>
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