Dirk Brandes

Dirk Brandes (born 25 May 1974) is a German politician for the AfD and since 2021 member of the Bundestag, the federal diet.

Life and politics
Brandes was born 1974 in the West German town of Langenhagen and was elected to the Bundestag in 2021.

Dirk Brandes is one of the main acteurs of the lower-saxony far-right network „Pegasus Germanus“, which is part of former Der Flügel within AfD. The group is under constant observation by Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ("Beobachtungsfall").