Leif-Erik Holm

Leif-Erik Holm (born 1 August 1970 in Klein Trebbow, Bezirk Schwerin) is a German politician of the AfD party and since 2017 member of the Bundestag, the German federal parliament.

Leif-Erik Holm
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Personal details
Born(1970-08-01)1 August 1970
NationalityGerman
Political partyAfD

Holm worked as a radio presenter for the private Antenne MV broadcaster, studied economics in Berlin, and became a politician in 2013. Holm is since 2013, with a short interruption in 2015, state chairman of his party in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. [1] He was the leading AfD candidate in the state in the 2013 German federal elections and was also frontrunner for his party in the 2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state elections. During the campaign Holm warned of the spread of Islam, despite the relatively rare presence of Muslims and migrants in the state.[2]

Holm temporarily worked for fellow AfD politician Beatrix von Storch.[3]

References
  1. Biermann, Kai; Geisler, Astrid; Radke, Johannes; Steffen, Tilman (2018-03-21). "Bundestag: AfD-Abgeordnete beschäftigen Rechtsextreme und Verfassungsfeinde". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  2. "East is east: In a German backwater, anti-immigrant feeling thrives". The Economist. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. Der Mann, der die AfD vom Schmuddelimage befreien will, Die Welt, 26 August 2016, in German
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