Tobias Rausch (born 28 November 1990) is a German politician of the AfD serving as President of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt since 2026, being the first ever AfD member to become the presiding officer of a German state parliament.
Rausch has been a member of the Landtag since 2016 and from 2021 to 2026 head of AfD parlimentarian group. He is the son of former Saxony-Anhalt AfD MP Daniel Rausch.
Life Tobias Rausch grew up in Straßfurt. His father is the AfD politician Daniel Rausch. He did an apprenticeship as a car mechanic and later real estate business. Rausch is CEO of the real estate company Rausch Immobilien GmbH in Hecklingen.
According to his own statement he became member of AfD in 2013. Rausch has been a member of the state parliament and deputy parliamentary group leader since 2016, and parliamentary group leader since 2021.
Supposed cronyism In 2026 a wide structure of supposed cronyism in AfD got pushed by certain media outlets. In AfD Saxony-Anhalt a lot of politicians employeed friends, relatives and the partners of their AfD party friends. At times, several of Rausch’s siblings were employed by AfD Bundestag member Claudia Weiss. Rausch stated that he had not been involved in their hiring. He himself employed several players from his football club, SV 09 Staßfurt, in his parliamentary office at various times. Rausch also serves as the chairman of SV 09 Straßfurt. No criminal investigations were conducted, and there were no convictions.
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