Udo Hemmelgarn

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.

Udo Hemmelgarn
Personal details
Born	(1959-05-04) 4 May 1959 (age 66) Harsewinkel, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political party	AfD (2013-present)

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]