Udo Hemmelgarn | |
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| Born | (1959-05-04)4 May 1959 (age 66) |
| Political party | AfD (2013-present) |
Udo Hemmelgarn (born 4 May 1959) is a German politician for the partyAlternative for Germany (AfD) and a member of theBundestag from 2017 to 2021.
Hemmelgarn was born 1959 in the West German town ofHarsewinkel and worked as self-reliant merchandiser.[1]He entered the newly founded AfD in 2013 and became a member of the Bundestag, the primary law-making body, after the2017 German federal election.[2]
Hemmelgarn denies thescientific consensus on climate change.[3]
Hemmelgarn was alleged to be part of the farright-wingReichsbürgerbewegung,[4] but he contested the allegations.[5]
In 2019, Hemmelgarn organized a secret travel of four AfD members of Bundestag toSyria. He is a strong supporter of a "new Syria policy" in the Bundestag. For AfD that meant a backing of the Assad regime and German government support for Russian involvement in the region.[6]
In 2020, Hemmelgarn was one of several AfD delegates implicated in bringing guests into the Reichstag building who then proceeded to intimidate members of the government and other delegates.[7]
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