Holger Apfel

Holger Apfel
Leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany
In office
13 November 2011 – 19 December 2013
Preceded byUdo Voigt
Succeeded byUdo Pastörs
Leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany of Saxony
In office
2009–2012
Preceded byWinfried Petzold
Succeeded byMario Löffler
Leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany in the Landtag of Saxony
In office
19 October 2004 – 24 December 2013
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJohannes Müller
Member of the Landtag of Saxony
In office
19 October 2004 – 17 January 2014
Succeeded byHolger Szymanski
ConstituencyNPD List
Personal details
Born (1970-12-29) 29 December 1970 (age 53)
Hildesheim, Lower Saxony
NationalityGerman
Political partyNational Democratic Party (until December 2013)
Spouse
Jasmin Apfel
(sep. 2017)
Children3

Holger Apfel (born 29 December 1970) is a German politician who was the leader of the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) from 2011 to 2013. He was a member of the Saxon Parliament between 2004 and 2014, serving as the chairman of the NPD parliamentary group and a member of the presidium of the parliament.

Apfel became the NPD's national leader in 2011. On 19 December 2013, he resigned with immediate effect from his leadership positions at both the national and the state level, before leaving the party entirely five days later. He resigned from the Saxon Parliament on 17 January 2014. He was parodied as the leader of the NDP in the 2015 film Look Who's Back as the character "Ulf Birne".