Udo Voigt

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Udo Voigt

Leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany
In office 1996–2011
Preceded by	Günter Deckert
Succeeded by	Holger Apfel
Personal details
Born	(1952-04-14) 14 April 1952 Viersen, North-Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political party	National Democratic Party of Germany
Alma mater	FH Aachen Munich School of Political Science
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Engineer, soldier
Military service
Allegiance	Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1984-2009

Udo Voigt (German: [ˈuːdo foːkt]; born 14 April 1952 in Viersen) is a German politician who was leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany from 1996 to 2011. He is a former aviation engineer and captain in the German army.^[1]

Political career

Udo Voigt and David Duke

From September 2006 until 2010 Voigt was an elected member of the Berlin municipal government in the Treptow-Köpenick district.^[2] Previously he has been unsuccessful at the European Parliament elections and when running for mayor of Saarbrücken.

He joined the NPD, a nationalist party in 1968 and was elected as Chairman (German: Vorsitzender) in 1996, succeeding Günter Deckert who had been arrested in 1995 and was in prison until 2000 for inciting racial hatred.

On March 13, 2008, Voigt was charged (for at least the second time in his life) with incitement (Volksverhetzung) for distributing racially-charged pamphlets. In 2009 he was given a seven-month suspended sentence and ordered to donate 2,000 Euro to UNICEF.^[3] Voigt protested the charge, claiming it was politically motivated.

On November 13, 2011, Voigt was replaced as leader of the NPD by Holger Apfel.^[4]

References

↑ Röbel, Sven. "Internal NPD Documents Reveal Chaos: Germany's Right Wing Extremists in Disarray". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
↑ "Bezirksverordnetensammlung Treptow-Köpenick - Berlin.de". www.berlin.de. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
↑ "Far-right politician convicted over racist World Cup flyers". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
↑ Stabwechsel bei der NPD in: Blick nach rechts, accessed 14-11-2011

v t e Chairmen of the National Democratic Party of Germany

Friedrich Thielen (1964–1967) Adolf von Thadden (1967–1971) Martin Mussgnug (1971–1990) Günter Deckert (1991–1996) Udo Voigt (1996–2011) Holger Apfel (2011–2013)

v t e The far right in post-war Germany

Political parties and groups	Action Front of National Socialists/National Activists Artgemeinschaft Autonome Nationalisten Deutsche Heidnische Front Deutsche Rechtspartei Deutsche Reichspartei Free German Workers' Party German Alternative German League for People and Homeland German People's Union German Social Union Gesinnungsgemeinschaft der Neuen Front National Democratic Party of Germany National Offensive Nationalist Front The Republicans Socialist Reich Party Volkssozialistische Bewegung Deutschlands/Partei der Arbeit Wiking-Jugend

People	Bela Ewald Althans Holger Apfel Friedhelm Busse Günter Deckert Gerhard Frey Wolf Rüdiger Hess Erich Kern Michael Kühnen Horst Mahler Armin Mohler Martin Mussgnug Harald Neubauer Otto Ernst Remer Jürgen Rieger Franz Schönhuber Fritz Rössler Wilhelm Stäglich Otto Strasser Michael Swierczek Adolf von Thadden Friedrich Thielen Udo Voigt Christian Worch

German law	Strafgesetzbuch section 86a

Related articles	Deutsche Nationalzeitung Fourth Reich Nation und Europa Neue Rechte Strasserism Überfremdung

Authority control	VIAF: 57756897 GND: 131848186

Persondata
Name	Voigt, Udo
Alternative names
Short description	German politician
Date of birth	1952-04-14
Place of birth	Viersen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
Date of death
Place of death

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