The AfD member of the Bundestag Martin Hebner died on Wednesday at the age of 61. He had apparently been seriously ill for a long time. The party praised the Bavarian from Dießen am Ammersee via Twitter as an “exceptionally lovable, at the same time modest and highly committed colleague”.
The computer scientist with the constituency of Starnberg / Landsberg am Lech entered the Bundestag in 2017 after being surprisingly nominated as the top candidate of the right-wing populists in Bavaria. At the time, he was primarily regarded as a Eurocritic. In the Bundestag, he was a member of the Committee on EU Affairs. The party cites direct democracy, the rule of law and digitalisation as the political focal points of its work on the Internet. The graduate computer scientist worked professionally as an independent IT consultant. He leaves behind a family of four children.
Last Sunday, his family had spoken on his Facebook profile that the father was suffering from a brain tumor and would die. At the same time, she had complained about repeated attacks on her house. The night before, it was again covered with threats. Hebner himself had been attacked and beaten on the street months before, although already seriously ill.
