There are signs of a change in leadership at the top of the AfD Lower Saxony. The deputy state chairman Ansgar Schledde is apparently supposed to replace the previous state party leader Frank Rinck; But he doesn't want to know anything about it.
The election of the new board is to take place at a state party conference on April 20th and 21st in Unterlüß (Celle district) There is still no confirmed information on the question of whether Rinck will run again as state chairman. In October 2022, the Hanover public prosecutor's office investigated Schled de on suspicion of infidelity. The accusation was that party members had to pay several thousand euros for a secure place on the list. The investigation was initiated and discontinued because the Osnabrück public prosecutor’s office believed that there was no evidence of breach of trust to the detriment of the party. A debate then broke out about the legality of theAfD state association's list.