Heiko Heßenkemper
German politician
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Heiko Heßenkemper (born 11 January 1956), also spelled Heiko Hessenkemper, is a German politician, until June 2021 for the Alternative for Germany, and was member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2021.
Heiko Heßenkemper | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 24 October 2017 – 8 October 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 January 1956 |
| Party | Alternative for Germany (2014–2021) |
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 months before the 2021 federal election.[7]
