Udo Hemmelgarn

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Udo Hemmelgarn
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Born (1959-05-04) 4 May 1959 (age 64)
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.

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Life and politics

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]

Positions and Controversies

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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References

  1. "Deutscher Bundestag - Udo Theodor Hemmelgarn".
  2. "Udo Hemmelgarn (MdB)". www.udo-hemmelgarn.de.
  3. ""Die Gegenbewegung zu 68"". Westfalen-Blatt.
  4. ONLINE, RP (14 October 2017). "Düsseldorf: AfD-Abgeordneter scheitert vor Gericht gegen RP". RP ONLINE.
  5. "AfD-Abgeordnete offenbar mit Diplomatenpässen auf Krim eingereist". Die Presse. 23 May 2019.
  6. ONLINE, tagesschau.de. "Delegation der AfD-Fraktion plant Reise nach Syrien". tagesschau.de.
  7. "Bundestag prüft rechtliche Schritte gegen AfD". Tagesschau.de.