Leif-Erik Holm (born 1 August 1970) is a German politician of the AfD party and since 2017 member of the

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, the German federal parliament. Holm worked as a radio presenter for the private Antenne MV broadcaster, studied economics in

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, and became a politician in 2013. Holm is since 2013, with a short interruption in 2015, state chairman of his party in

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

. He was the leading AfD candidate in the state in the

2013 German federal election Federal elections were held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany/ Christian ...

s and was also frontrunner for his party in the 2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state elections. During the campaign Holm warned of the spread of Islam. Holm temporarily worked for fellow AfD politician Beatrix von Storch.Der Mann, der die AfD vom Schmuddelimage befreien will
Die Welt, 26 August 2016, in German

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1970 births Living people People from Nordwestmecklenburg German radio presenters Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany {{Germany-AFD-politician-stub