Hermann Kelly

Hermann Kelly
Kelly in 2019
President of the Irish Freedom Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 September 2018
Director of Communications for Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy
In office
August 2009 – 2019
Personal details
Born (1968-12-25) 25 December 1968 (age 55)[citation needed]
Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland
Political partyIrish Freedom Party (since 2018)
Other political
affiliations		UK Independence Party (UKIP)[1]
EducationSt Columb's College
Alma materSt Patrick's College, Maynooth
OccupationPress officer

Hermann Patrick Kelly (born 1968) is an Irish anti-immigration activist, politician, press officer and former journalist, serving as president of the far-right[2] Irish Freedom Party[3] since its foundation in September 2018.[4] As of late 2021, Kelly is employed in the European Parliament as an assistant to Romanian MEP Cristian Terheș.[5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference belfasttelegraph was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Feeney, Peter (13 October 2021). "445/2020 – Mr Hermann Kelly and TheJournal.ie". presscouncil.ie. Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. The use of the epithet "far-right" [..] seems acceptable given the range of policies promoted by the party and by the causes party members have been associated with
  3. ^ "A party is being launched today that's calling for Ireland to leave the EU". thejournal.ie. 8 September 2018. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Members – Hermann Kelly – Uachtarán (President)". irishfreedom.ie. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. ^ "How a Covid cert revolt in Brussels reveals a dark trend in pandemic politics". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  6. ^ "European Parliament website page for Romanian MEP Cristian Terhes, listing staff". European Parliament. European Parliament. 21 November 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2023.