Matthias Helferich

Last updated

Matthias Helferich (born 14 October 1988) is a German politician and a member of Alternative for Germany. [1] He has been a factionless member of the Bundestag since 2021. [2]

Biography

Helferich was born in 1988 in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

During his election campaign, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) banned Helferich from holding political office. Helferich had described himself in messages as the “friendly face of the ns[ sic ],” referring to National Socialism. Helferich also called himself a “democratic Freisler,” referring to a Nazi-era judge. Helferich later said that his statements were meant as parody: "If you are confronted with Nazi accusations as frequently as AfD politicians, you compensate for that in private spheres. You ridicule it." [3] [4] [5]

Helferich was elected to the Bundestag in 2021. [2] Although a party member of AfD, Helferich never entered the party faction and is currently a factionless member of the Bundestag.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Friedrich Merz</span> German politician (born 1955)

Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz is a German conservative politician serving as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 31 January 2022 and as leader of the parliamentary group of CDU/CSU (Union) as well as the Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag since 15 February 2022. In September 2024 Merz became the Union's designated candidate for Chancellor of Germany for the 2025 federal election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marco Bülow</span> German politician

Marco Bülow is a German journalist and politician who has served as a member of the Bundestag for Dortmund from 2002 to 2021. Since 2020, he is a member of Die PARTEI. Formerly, he was a member of the SPD between 1992 and 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maria Böhmer</span> German politician

Maria Böhmer is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Under the leadership of successive ministers Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2013-2017) and Sigmar Gabriel (2017), she served as Minister of State in the Federal Foreign Office, primarily responsible for cultural relations and education policy.

Siegbert Droese is a German politician for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body. He is a member of the völkisch-nationalistic Flügel of his party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berengar Elsner von Gronow</span> German politician

Berengar Elsner von Gronow is a German politician for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.

Bruno Hollnagel is a German politician and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.

Waldemar Herdt is a German politician for the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and former member of the Bundestag (2017–2021).

Heiko Heßenkemper, also spelled Heiko Hessenkemper, is a German politician, until June 2021 for the Alternative for Germany, and was member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Reusch</span> German politician

Roman Reusch is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jens Maier</span> German lawyer and politician

Jens Maier is a German judge and politician for Alternative for Germany. The Saxon Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies him as a right-wing extremist. As of March 24, 2022, he is barred from the bench.

Tobias Peterka is a German politician for the right-wing populist AfD. Since 2017, he has been a member of the Bundestag, the German federal diet.

A large part of the right-wing populist and far-right German party Alternative for Germany (AfD) supports Russia, its foreign policy, and its allies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amira Mohamed Ali</span> German politician (born 1980)

Amira Mohamed Ali is a German politician and member of the Bundestag since 2017. From 12 November 2019 till October 2023, she was the parliamentary co-chairperson of The Left alongside Dietmar Bartsch. In October 2023, she left The Left alongside others like Sahra Wagenknecht to found a new party. Mohamed Ali is the chairwoman of the board of the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht-Association which was founded to prepare a new party in January 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carina Konrad</span> German politician

Carina Konrad is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Uwe Witt</span> German politician

Uwe Witt is a German independent politician, serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hans-Georg von der Marwitz (politician)</span> German politician

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Brandenburg from 2009 until 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Max Lucks</span> German politician (born 1997)

Max Lucks is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag in the 20th Bundestag that has been elected in the German federal election on 26 September 2021. He was the spokesperson for Green Youth, the youth organisation of Alliance 90/The Greens, from October 2017 to November 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gerrit Huy</span> German politician (born 1953)

Gerrit Huy is a former German Top-Manager and now right-wing politician of AfD. Huy is member of the Bundestag since 2021, the federal diet.

References

  1. ↑ "Bundeswahlleiter (Federal Election Commissioner of Germany) - Elected Politicians in the Federal Election 2021". bundeswahlleiter. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Deutscher Bundestag - Matthias Helferich". Deutscher Bundestag.
  3. ↑ "Matthias Helferich: AfD-Politiker verzichtet nach NS-Äußerung auf Fraktionszugehörigkeit". Der Spiegel (in German). 2021-09-30. ISSN   2195-1349 . Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  4. ↑ Weiland, Severin (2021-08-09). "AfD und Matthias Helferich: Jörg Meuthen scheitert im Streit über AfD-Landesvize". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN   2195-1349 . Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  5. ↑ "Going to the extreme: Inside Germany's far right". BBC. 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.