Waldemar Herdt

Waldemar Herdt
Waldemar Herdt
Member of the Bundestag
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 October 2017
Personal details
Born	28 November 1962 (age 61); Kostanay Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	German
Political party	AfD
Other political; affiliations	Party of Bible-abiding Christians (before 2013); Centre Party (2019)

Waldemar Herdt (born 28 November 1962) is a German politician for the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and former member of the Bundestag (2017–2021).

Life and politics

Herdt was born 1962 in Zhetikara District, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union and a leading member of the factious and evangelical Party of Bible-abiding Christians before he entered the AfD in 2013.^[2]

Herdt became after the 2017 German federal election a member of the Bundestag.^[3]

Herdt was member of the AfD so called "Syria Contact-group", a pro-Assad activist group of AfD MPs.^[4]^[5] Jürgen Pohl, Steffen Kotre, Udo Hemmelgarn, Frank Pasemann and right-wing extremist John Hoewer were also part of the group.^[4]

References

^ "AfD-Mann im Bundestag tritt für lettische Partei an – und verstrickt sich in Widersprüche". Fokus (in German). 24 March 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ Biermann, Kai; Geisler, Astrid; Holzinger, Christina; Middelhoff, Paul; Polke-Majewski, Karsten; Steffen, Tilman (24 October 2017). "AfD-Abgeordnete: Rechts bis extrem im Bundestag | ZEIT ONLINE". Die Zeit.
^ "abgeordnetenwatch.de | Profil von Waldemar Herdt, AfD - Bundestag". abgeordnetenwatch.de. 7 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b IMAGO, Stockfotos, Editorial und Creative Bilder | Bildagentur. "John Hoewer Fotos | IMAGO". www.imago-images.de (in German). Retrieved 12 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "AfD: Bundestag zahlt nicht für Syrien-Trips". Der Spiegel (in German). 7 April 2018. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 12 March 2024.