| Udo Hemmelgarn | |
| Birth Date: | 4 May 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Harsewinkel, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Party: | AfD (2013-present) |
| Nationality: | German |
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.
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]
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]