Alexander Eberhardt Gauland (born 20 February 1941) is a German politician, journalist and lawyer who has served as leader of the German political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the Bundestag since September 2017 and co-leader of the party from December 2017 to November 2019.
He has been a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) since September 2017.
Gauland was the party's co-founder and was is its federal spokesman from 2017 to 2019 and the party leader for the state of Brandenburg from 2013 to 2017.