Leif-Erik Holm

Leif-Erik Holm (born 1 August 1970 in Klein Trebbow, Bezirk Schwerin, East Germany) is a German economist and politician of the AfD party. He worked as a radio presenter for the private Antenne MV broadcaster, studied economics in Berlin, and became a politician in 2013; he was state chairman of his party in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for a short time. He was the leading AfD candidate in the state in the 2013 German federal elections and was also elected frontrunner for his party in the 2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state elections. Latest polls saw the AfD as the third political force with around 20 percent in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. During the campaign Holm warned of the spread of Islam, despite the relatively rare presence of Muslims and migrants in the state.[1] Holm has temporarily worked for fellow AfD politician Beatrix von Storch.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "East is east: In a German backwater, anti-immigrant feeling thrives". The Economist. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Der Mann, der die AfD vom Schmuddelimage befreien will, Die Welt, 26 August 2016, in German
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