Holger Apfel

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Holger Apfel
Leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany
In office 13 November 2011 – 19 December 2013
Preceded by	Udo Voigt
Succeeded by	Udo Pastörs
Leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany of Saxony
In office 2009–2012
Preceded by	Winfried Petzold
Succeeded by	Mario Löffler
Leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany in the Landtag of Saxony
In office 19 October 2004 – 24 December 2013
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Johannes Müller
Member of the Landtag of Saxony
In office 19 October 2004 – 17 January 2014
Succeeded by	Holger Szymanski
Constituency	NPD List
Personal details
Born	(1970-12-29) 29 December 1970 (age 53) Hildesheim, Lower Saxony
Nationality	German
Political party	National Democratic Party (until December 2013)
Spouse	Jasmin Apfel ​ (sep. 2017)​
Children	3

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".