2004 Saxony state election
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The 2004 Saxony state election was held on 19 September 2004 to elect the members of the 4th Landtag of Saxony. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union government led by Minister-President Georg Milb
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Peter Porsch
Thomas Jurk
Holger Apfel
Die Heimat
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The Homeland, formerly the National Democratic Party of Germany, is a far-right, neo-Nazi and ultranationalist political party in Germany. It was founded in 1964 as successor to the German Reich Party
2004 Saxony state election
…The CDU subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Milbradt was re-elected as Minister-President. The Far Right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) won 12 seats. This is the first time since the 1960s that the party had seats in a state parliament. The table below lists parties represented…
Udo Voigt, former leader of the NPD, stands in front of a banner depicting Nazi leader Rudolf Hess. Hess, who died in prison in 1987, is considered a martyr by the NPD, and the party attempted to nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
Holger Apfel, NPD leader from 2011 to 2013
Supporters of the NPD and other protesters in Dresden, 2009
A 2007 Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime demonstration at the Reichstag. The banner reads "Auschwitz gedenken heißt NPD verbieten" ("Remembering Auschwitz means banning the NPD").