Lars Herrmann

Lars Herrmann (born 12 April 1977) is a German police officer and politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body. He is a member of the völkisch-nationalistic Flügel of his party.

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.