Benjamin Haupt

Benjamin Haupt is a German politician and a member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate, having assumed office in 2026. Prior to his election to the state parliament, he served as the head of the office for AfD Bundestag member Nicole Höchst and has been a member and parliamentary group leader of the AfD in the Speyer city council since 2019. Haupt has faced public controversy regarding his political rhetoric, including comparisons of political opponents to war criminals, and has been criticized by local political groups for his conduct in municipal governance. He maintains a skeptical stance toward the classification of his party by the German domestic intelligence agency.