Alexander Dierks

{{short description|German politician (born 1987)}}

{{use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

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| name = Alexander Dierks

| image = Portrait Alexander Dierks MdL (cropped).jpg

| caption = Dierks in 2023

| office = President of the Landtag of Saxony

| term_start = 1 October 2024

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| predecessor = Matthias Rößler

| successor =

| office1 = General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union of Saxony

| term_start1 = 9 December 2017

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = Michael Kretschmer

| successor1 =

| party = Christian Democratic Union

| otherparty =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2 October 1987|df=yes}}

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Alexander Dierks (born 2 October 1987) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since 2024, he has served as president of the Landtag of Saxony.{{cite web|url=https://www.diesachsen.de/en/politics/saxony-has-a-new-state-parliament-alexander-dierks-is-president-2958549|title=Saxony has a new state parliament - Alexander Dierks is President|work=DieSachsen.de|date=1 October 2024}} He has been a member of the Landtag of Saxony since 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2024-10/sachsen-landtagswahl-alexander-dierks-landtagspraesident-cdu|title=CDU-Politiker Dierks zum neuen Landtagspräsidenten in Sachsen gewählt|work=Die Zeit|date=1 October 2024|language=de}} and has served as general secretary of the Christian Democratic Union in Saxony since 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/personalien-nach-der-wahl-cdu-schlaegt-alexander-dierks-als-landtagspraesident-vor-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-240906-930-225162|title=CDU schlägt Alexander Dierks als Landtagspräsident vor|work=Süddeutsche Zeitung|date=6 September 2024|language=de}} From 2011 to 2017, he was the leader of the Young Union in Saxony.{{cite web|url=https://www.freiepresse.de/nachrichten/sachsen/alexander-dierks-soll-cdu-generalsekretaer-in-sachsen-werden-artikel10053372|title=Alexander Dierks soll CDU-Generalsekretär in Sachsen werden|work=Freie Presse|date=14 November 2017|language=de}} From 2014 to 2019, he was a member of the city council of Chemnitz.{{cite web|url=https://www.freiepresse.de/chemnitz/cdu-general-verliert-sitz-im-chemnitzer-stadtrat-artikel10526485|title=CDU-General verliert Sitz im Chemnitzer Stadtrat|work=Freie Presse|date=27 May 2019|language=de}}