private life. It subsequently issued a statement asserting that Apfel "has not yet refuted ongoing allegations concerning past transgressions". Amid the threat of an expulsion proceeding, Apfel resigned from the party entirely on 24 December. Apfel resigned from his seat in the Saxon Parliament on 17 January 2014. Personal life Apfel was married to Jasmin Apfel (born 1983), formerly the head of the NPD women's organisation, Ring Nationaler Frauen. They have three children. In 2012, the couple separated and Jasmin Apfel announced that she had resigned from both the RNF and the NPD. However, Apfel announced later that year that the couple were once again together. In March 2017 it was reported that Jasmin Apfel and her husband had separated, and that she had renounced right-wing extremism. It was reported in May 2014 that Apfel and his wife had begun operating a local restaurant on the island of Majorca. References 1970 births Living people Members of the Landtag of Saxony National Democratic Party of Germany politicians People from Hildesheim German emigrants to Spain