Lars Herrmann (born 12 April 1977) is a German police officer and politician for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), having been a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) from 2013 until 2019. From 2017 to 2021, he was a member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body. He used to a member of the völkisch-nationalistic Flügel of the AfD.
Lars Herrmann | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 April 1977 |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | CDU (2022-), AfD (2013-2019) |
Life and politics
editHermann was born 1977 in the East German town of Leisnig and became a police officer at the Federal Police (Bundespolizei).[1]
Hermann entered the newly founded AfD in March 2013. He was said to be a fan of Frauke Petry, till she stepped out of the party.
He became a member of the Bundestag after the 2017 German federal election.[2]
In 2019 Herrmann and some other AfD politicians signed a letter, in which the leader of Flüggel Björn Höcke got asked to concentrate on his legitimated position as chairman of AfD Thuringia and not to split the whole party nationwide.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Lars Herrmann".
- ^ "Home". lars-herrmann.de. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "AfD-Funktionäre fordern Höcke heraus | Sächsische.de". saechsische.de. Retrieved 17 November 2019.