Lars Herrmann (born 12 April 1977) is a German police officer and politician for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), having been a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) from 2013 until 2019. From 2017 to 2021, he was a member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body. He used to a member of the völkisch-nationalistic Flügel of the AfD.
Life and politics
Hermann was born 1977 in the East German town of Leisnig and became a police officer at the Federal Police (Bundespolizei).
Hermann entered the newly founded AfD in March 2013. He was said to be a fan of Frauke Petry, till she stepped out of the party.
He became a member of the Bundestag after the 2017 German federal election.
In 2019 Herrmann and some other AfD politicians signed a letter, in which the leader of Flüggel Björn Höcke got asked to concentrate on his legitimated position as chairman of AfD Thuringia and not to split the whole party nationwide.
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