Heiko Heßenkemper Explained

Heiko Heßenkemper
Office:Member of the Bundestag
Term Start:24 October 2017
Term End:8 October 2021
Birth Date:11 January 1956
Party:Alternative for Germany (2014–2021)
Nationality:German

Heiko Heßenkemper, also spelled Heiko Hessenkemper (born 11 January 1956), is a German politician, until June 2021 for the Alternative for Germany, and was member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2021.

Life and politics

Heßenkemper was born 1956 in the West German town of Hamm and studied physics at the Clausthal University of Technology. He became a professor in 1995.[1]

Heßenkemper entered the AfD in 2014 and became a member of the bundestag after the 2017 German federal election[2]

Heßenkemper is considered to be part of the right-wing of the AfD.[3] He has participated in Pegida demonstrations.[4]

Heßenkemper denies the scientific consensus on climate change.[5] Heßenkemper has stated that he will not be a candidate in the 2021 German federal election.[6] He left AfD in June 2021, three month before the 2021 federal election.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deutscher Bundestag - Prof. Dr. Heiko Heßenkemper. bundestag.de. 14 September 2019.
  2. Web site: abgeordnetenwatch.de | Profil von Prof. Dr. Heiko Heßenkemper, AfD - Bundestag. abgeordnetenwatch.de. 14 September 2019.
  3. News: AfD-Abgeordnete: Rechts bis extrem im Bundestag | Zeit Online . Die Zeit. 24 October 2017. 14 September 2019 . Biermann . Kai . Geisler . Astrid . Holzinger . Christina . Middelhoff . Paul . Polke-Majewski . Karsten . Steffen . Tilman .
  4. Book: Leidig, Eviane. The Radical Right During Crisis: CARR Yearbook 2020/2021. ibidem. 2021. 119. 9783838215761.
  5. Web site: 12.8.2019: Heiko Hessenkemper über Zeitsprünge, Grünen-Zitate und die bevorstehende Sachsenwahl. YouTube. 14 September 2019.
  6. https://www.saechsische.de/doebeln/muldaerin-will-fuer-afd-in-den-bundestag-mittelsachsen-wahl-5298823.html Saechsische.de: Muldaerin will für AfD in den Bundestag (german)
  7. News: 30 June 2021 . AfD: Bundestagsabgeordnete Hollnagel und Hessenkemper treten aus Partei aus . de . Der Spiegel . 20 May 2022 . 2195-1349.