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| Born | 4 May 1959 Harsewinkel, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Political party | AfD (2013-present) |
Udo Hemmelgarn (born 4 May 1959) is a German politician for the party Alternative for Germany (AfD) and a member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2021.
Hemmelgarn was born 1959 in the West German town of Harsewinkel 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 the 2017 German federal election. [2]
Hemmelgarn denies the scientific consensus on climate change. [3]
Hemmelgarn was alleged to be part of the far right-wing Reichsbürgerbewegung, [4] but he contested the allegations. [5]
In 2019, Hemmelgarn organized a secret travel of four AfD members of Bundestag to Syria. 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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