Udo Voigt

I record Udo Voigt because history demands it, not because I admire him. As the long-serving leader of Germany's far-right, neo-Nazi NPD and later a Member of the European Parliament, he represents a politics I find indefensible. He was educated and articulate, but intelligence in service of revisionism and hatred only makes such a figure more troubling, not more respectable. My honest take is that documenting people like Voigt matters as a warning, a reminder of how extremism dresses itself in respectability. I keep the facts straight and withhold any sympathy; some legacies deserve scrutiny, never celebration.

Udo Manfred Lothar Voigt (German: [ˈuːdoː ˈfoːkt]; 14 April 1952 – 17 July 2025) was a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the far-right and Neo-Nazi party National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) between 2014 and 2019. He was a member of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. He served as leader of NPD from 1996 to 2011.

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Name (English)

Udo Voigt

Name (Japanese)

ウド・ヴォイト

Reading

うど・ゔぉいと

Born

April 14, 1952 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

Origin

Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

politician / political scientist

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• politician
• political scientist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.