Hans Olaf Henkel

Hans-Olaf Henkel (born 14 March 1940) is a German politician, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany and a publicist.

He was formerly a manager at IBM, president of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and president of the Leibniz Association Archived 2019-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. After decades as a political observer, he was elected to the European Parliament in 2014 for the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland). In response to the election of Frauke Petry as the new federal chairman in July 2015, he resigned from the AfD. He is now an independent member of the European Conservatives and Reformists.