Matthias Helferich
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(2021–2025)
AfD (since 2025)
Matthias Helferich | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
| Parliamentary group | Independent (2021–2025) AfD (since 2025) |
| Constituency | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 37) |
| Party | AfD (since 2016) |
| Other political affiliations | Young Union (formerly) |
| Alma mater | Bonn University |
| Occupation | Lawyer • Politician |
Matthias Helferich (born 14 October 1988) is a German right-wing politician for the Alternative for Germany party.[1] He has been a factionless member of the Bundestag since 2021.[2] In 2025, he was re-admitted to the AfD parliamentary group like the fellow controversial politician Maximilian Krah.[3][4]
Helferich was born in 1988 in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He served at Bundeswehr in guard unit (Wachbataillon) in Siegburg and begann to study 2009 law at University Bonn.
Helferich was elected to the Bundestag in 2021.[2] Although a party member of AfD, he never entered the party faction and is currently a factionless member of the Bundestag.
Within the AfD, Helferich is part of the ethnic-national wing under Björn Höcke.[5]
In 2025, he was re-admitted back into the AfD faction.[3][4]
Political views
References
- ↑ "Bundeswahlleiter (Federal Election Commissioner of Germany) - Elected Politicians in the Federal Election 2021". bundeswahlleiter. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- 1 2 "Deutscher Bundestag - Matthias Helferich". Deutscher Bundestag.
- 1 2 Connolly, Kate (25 February 2025). "AfD readmits two politicians excluded over Nazi-related remarks". The Guardian.
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- ↑ deutschlandfunk.de (2025-02-25). "AfD-Fraktion - Umstrittene AfD-Politiker im Bundestag". Die Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ↑ Joswig, Gareth (2025-02-25). "AfD mit Helferich und Krah: Das "freundliche Gesicht des NS"". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ↑ "Matthias Helferich: AfD-Politiker verzichtet nach NS-Äußerung auf Fraktionszugehörigkeit". Der Spiegel (in German). 2021-09-30. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ↑ Weiland, Severin (2021-08-09). "AfD und Matthias Helferich: Jörg Meuthen scheitert im Streit über AfD-Landesvize". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ↑ "Going to the extreme: Inside Germany's far right". BBC. 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
