Matthias Helferich (born 14 October 1988) is a German politician of the far-right Alternative for Germany party. He was a factionless member of the Bundestag between 2021 and 2025. In 2025, he was re-admitted to the AfD parliamentary group like the fellow controversial politician Maximilian Krah.
Career Helferich was born in 1988 in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He served in the Bundeswehr in a guard unit (Wachbataillon) in Siegburg and begann to study 2009 law at University Bonn.
Helferich was elected to the Bundestag in 2021. Although a party member of AfD, he never entered the party faction and is currently a factionless member of the Bundestag.
Within the AfD, Helferich is part of the ethnic-national wing under Björn Höcke.
In 2025, he was re-admitted back into the AfD faction.
Political views Helferich called himself a "democratic Freisler", referring to a Nazi-era judge. He later said that his statements were meant as parody: "If you are confronted with Nazi accusations as frequently as AfD politicians, you compensate for that in private spheres. You ridicule it."
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