Lars Herrmann Explained

Lars Herrmann
Office:Member of the Bundestag
Term Start:24 October 2017
Term End:26 October 2021
Birth Date:April 12, 1977
Party:CDU (2022-), AfD (2013-2019)
Nationality:German

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.

Life and politics

Hermann 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deutscher Bundestag - Lars Herrmann.
  2. Web site: Home. lars-herrmann.de. 18 December 2019. 1 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201101122458/http://www.lars-herrmann.de/. dead.
  3. Web site: AfD-Funktionäre fordern Höcke heraus | Sächsische.de. saechsische.de. 2019-11-17.