Waldemar Herdt
Waldemar Herdt is a German politician for the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany party and former member of the Bundestag.
Life and politics
Herdt was born 1962 in Zhetikara District, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union and a leading member of the factious and evangelical Party of Bible-abiding Christians before he entered the AfD in 2013.Herdt became a member of the Bundestag after the German federal election on 24 September 20217.
Herdt was member of the AfD so called "Syria Contact-group", a pro-Assad activist group of AfD MPs. Jürgen Pohl, Steffen Kotre, Udo Hemmelgarn, Frank Pasemann and right-wing extremist John Hoewer were also part of the group.
Assad's regime fell on 8 December 2024.