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Heiko Heßenkemper
Heiko Heßenkemper
Member of the Bundestag
	In office; 24 October 2017 – 8 October 2021
Personal details
Born	11 January 1956 (age 68)
Nationality	German
Political party	Alternative for Germany (2014–2021)

Heiko Heßenkemper, also spelled Heiko Hessenkemper (born 11 January 1956), is a German politician, until June 2021 for the Alternative for Germany, and was member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 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 month before the 2021 federal election.^[7]

References

^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Prof. Dr. Heiko Heßenkemper". bundestag.de. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
^ "abgeordnetenwatch.de | Profil von Prof. Dr. Heiko Heßenkemper, AfD - Bundestag". abgeordnetenwatch.de. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
^ 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. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
^ Leidig, Eviane (2021). The Radical Right During Crisis: CARR Yearbook 2020/2021. ibidem. p. 119. ISBN 9783838215761.
^ "12.8.2019: Heiko Hessenkemper über Zeitsprünge, Grünen-Zitate und die bevorstehende Sachsenwahl". YouTube. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
^ Saechsische.de: Muldaerin will für AfD in den Bundestag (german), October 2020
^ "AfD: Bundestagsabgeordnete Hollnagel und Hessenkemper treten aus Partei aus". Der Spiegel (in German). 30 June 2021. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 20 May 2022.

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[bundestag-1] "Deutscher Bundestag - Prof. Dr. Heiko Heßenkemper". bundestag.de. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

[abgeordnetenwatch-2] "abgeordnetenwatch.de | Profil von Prof. Dr. Heiko Heßenkemper, AfD - Bundestag". abgeordnetenwatch.de. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

[zeit-3] 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. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

[4] Leidig, Eviane (2021). The Radical Right During Crisis: CARR Yearbook 2020/2021. ibidem. p. 119. ISBN 9783838215761.

[youtube-5] "12.8.2019: Heiko Hessenkemper über Zeitsprünge, Grünen-Zitate und die bevorstehende Sachsenwahl". YouTube. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

[6] Saechsische.de: Muldaerin will für AfD in den Bundestag (german), October 2020

[7] "AfD: Bundestagsabgeordnete Hollnagel und Hessenkemper treten aus Partei aus". Der Spiegel (in German). 30 June 2021. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 20 May 2022.

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