Petr Bystron
German politician (born 1972) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Petr Bystron (born 30 November 1972) is a German politician. He was a candidate for Munich North for the Bundestag during the German federal election in 2017 for the far-right Alternative for Germany party.[1] Czech intelligent service BIS presented evidence in 2024 that Bystron was bribed by Russia to represent its interests in the European Parliament and German Bundestag.[2][3]
Petr Bystron | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 24 September 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Petr Bystroň (1972-11-30) 30 November 1972 (age 51)[1] Olomouc, Czechoslovakia |
Nationality | German |
Political party | Alternative for Germany |
Other political affiliations | Free Democratic Party (2006–2013) |
Alma mater | School of Political Science, Munich |
Website | petrbystron |
Bystron moved to Germany with his parents in 1987 from the former Czechoslovakia. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 2006 to 2013.[4]
In 2017 Bystron was monitored by the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution because of his close ties to the Identitarian movement. On extreme right-wing PI-News Bystron wrote AfD had to be a „protective shield for this organisation". The German National Security Service named Bystron in his report about the monitoring of AfD as a party with anti-constitutional goals.[5]
Bystron and Maximilian Krah were elected as the AfD's top candidates for the 2024 European elections.