Markus Frohnmaier

{{Short description|German politician}}

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| office = Member of the Bundestag

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| party = Alternative for Germany

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|25 February 1991|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Craiova

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Markus-Cornel Frohnmaier (born 25 February 1991 in Craiova) is a Romanian-born German politician from Alternative for Germany. He was elected Member of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg in the 2017 German federal election.{{Cite web |title=Deutscher Bundestag - Markus Frohnmaier |url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/F/frohnmaier_markus-857304 |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Deutscher Bundestag |language=de}} Up until February 2018, Frohnmaier was the chair of Young Alternative for Germany (JA), AfD's youth wing.{{cite web |author1=Austin Davis |title=Calls for AfD lawmaker accused of Russia ties to resign |url=https://www.dw.com/en/cdu-afd-markus-frohnmaier-russia/a-48254870 |website=Deutsche Welle |access-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521205909/https://www.dw.com/en/cdu-afd-markus-frohnmaier-russia/a-48254870 |archive-date=21 May 2023 |language=en |date=8 April 2019}}

Frohnmaier was listed as a recipient of financial benefits in OCCRP investigation of Russia's International Agency for Current Policy.{{Cite web |last=Tkachenko |first=Martin Laine (Eesti Ekspress), Cecilia Anesi (IrpiMedia), Lorenzo Bagnoli (IrpiMedia), and Tatiana |title=Kremlin-Linked Group Arranged Payments to European Politicians to Support Russia's Annexation of Crimea |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/kremlin-linked-group-arranged-payments-to-european-politicians-to-support-russias-annexation-of-crimea |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=OCCRP |language=en}}

Following false flag arson attack against Hungary in Ukraine, in 2019 he dismissed {{interlanguage link|Manuel Ochsenreiter|de}} as his employee, though believing in his innocence anyway.{{Cite web |title=Vorwürfe: AfD-Mitarbeiter im Bundestag nach Berichten über Anschlag entlassen - WELT|url=https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article187288076/Vorwuerfe-AfD-Mitarbeiter-im-Bundestag-nach-Berichten-ueber-Anschlag-entlassen.html |website=Die Welt |date=2019-01-18|access-date=2024-07-27 |language=de}}