Leif-Erik Holm (born 1 August 1970 in Klein Trebbow, Bezirk Schwerin, East Germany) is a German economist and politician of the AfD party. He worked as a radio presenter for the private Antenne MV broadcaster, studied economics in Berlin, and became a politician in 2013; he was state chairman of his party in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for a short time. He was the leading AfD candidate in the state in the 2013 German federal elections and was also elected frontrunner for his party in the 2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state elections. Latest polls saw the AfD as the third political force with around 20 percent in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. During the campaign Holm warned of the spread of Islam, despite the relatively rare presence of Muslims and migrants in the state. Holm has temporarily worked for fellow AfD politician Beatrix von Storch.