Heiko Heßenkemper

Heiko Heßenkemper, also spelled Heiko Hessenkemper (born 11 January 1956), is a German politician, until June 2021 for the Alternative for Germany, and was member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2021.

Life and politics
Heßenkemper was born 1956 in the West German town of Hamm and studied physics at the Clausthal University of Technology. He became a professor in 1995.

Heßenkemper entered the AfD in 2014 and became a member of the bundestag after the 2017 German federal election

Heßenkemper is considered to be part of the right-wing of the AfD. He has participated in Pegida demonstrations.

Heßenkemper denies the scientific consensus on climate change. Heßenkemper has stated that he will not be a candidate in the 2021 German federal election. He left AfD in June 2021, three month before the 2021 federal election.