Michel Brandt served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg from 2017 to 2021.

[1] Michel Brandt studied acting at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts from 2008 to 2012.

[3] His support of the People's Protection Units (YPG) led to controversies as ahead of a visit of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2018; during an inspection of the area the police entered his office to take down a piece of paper depicting a YPG-flag in order to prevent pro–Erdoğan protestors to attack the building.

In June 2020, the Federal Constitutional Court issued a verdict that his rights as a parliamentarian were violated with the intrusion of the police.

[4] On the 22 January 2018, he entered the Parliamentary Assembly of the council of Europe as a substitute and is currently involved in the committee of migration, refugees and displaced Persons.