Andrej Holm

Andrej Holm (born 1970) is a German sociologist. His work focuses on urban regeneration, gentrification and housing policy. He first came to public attention in 2007, when he was arrested and imprisoned for several weeks on terrorism charges; in 2010 the investigation of him was ended due to lack of evidence. For around one month in 2016/2017 he was under-secretary for housing in the local government of Berlin for the party Die Linke. In 2017 he was to be dismissed from his position as a research assistant at the Humboldt University of Berlin. On 9 February 2017 Holm acknowledged in a written statement that he had lied about his Stasi past and expressed his regret over his actions, both his service in the Stasi itself and his later untruthfulness about it. As a result, the university reduced its disciplinary action to a final warning and a suspension until the end of 2018.