Karsten Hilse
{{short description|German politician}}
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| name = Karsten Hilse
| office = Member of the Bundestag
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| caption = Hilse in 2019
| term_start = 24 October 2017
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|12|12|df=y}}
| party = AfD
| nationality = German
}}
Karsten Hilse (born 12 December 1964) is a German politician for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.
Life and politics
Hilse was born 1964 in the East German town of Hoyerswerda and became a police officer {{cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/H/520382-520382|title=Deutscher Bundestag - Karsten Hilse|website=bundestag.de|access-date=2019-09-14}}
Hilse joined the AfD in 2016 and became a member of the Bundestag after the 2017 German federal election.{{cite web|url=https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/profile/karsten-hilse|title=abgeordnetenwatch.de | Profil von Karsten Hilse, AfD - Bundestag|website=abgeordnetenwatch.de|access-date=2019-09-14}}
Hilse denies the scientific consensus on climate change.{{cite web|url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/grundsatzdebatte-im-bundestag-afd-nennt-klimawandel-irrlehre-und-will-energiewende-beenden/21109098.html?ticket=ST-535744-jR5uRHjwCRSIpXBg233K-ap5|website=handelsblatt.com|title=Bundestag: AfD nennt Klimawandel "Irrlehre"|access-date=2019-09-14}}
He polemicised against the resettlement of the wolf in the rural area of Lusatia.{{cite web|url=https://www.saechsische.de/haben-sie-nur-ein-thema-herr-hilse-3862063.html|title=Haben Sie nur ein Thema, Herr Hilse? | Sächsische.de|website=saechsische.de|access-date=2019-09-14}}
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