Bernd Lucke
Bernd Lucke (born 19 August 1962) is a German economist, professor, author and former politician. He was a co-founder of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in 2013 and served as the party's federal chairman. He was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for AfD in 2014.
Bernd Lucke MEP a. D. | |
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| Leader of the Alternative for Germany | |
| In office 14 April 2013 – 5 July 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jörg Meuthen |
| Leader of the Liberal Conservative Reformers | |
| In office 10 November 2018 – 28 September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Stephanie Tsomakaeva (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Jürgen Joost |
| In office 19 July 2015 – 4 June 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ulrike Trebesius |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | multi-member district |
| Constituency | Germany |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bernd Lucke 19 August 1962 West Berlin, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | LKR (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations | CDU (1978–2011) Free Voters (2013) AfD (2013–2015) |
| Spouse | Dorothea Lucke |
| Children | 5 |
| Residence | Winsen (Luhe) |
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| Website | www |
Lucke is a professor of economics at the University of Hamburg before helping to found Wahlalternative 2013 ("Electoral Alternative 2013") which would become the AfD. Lucke served as the party's spokesman until he lost a leadership election to Frauke Petry in July 2015. Petry's election was considered a shift of the party to extremist positions; Lucke subsequently left the party. In July 2015 he and other former AfD members founded the political party Liberal-Konservative Reformer (formerly Allianz für Fortschritt und Aufbruch, "Alliance for progress and renewal", abbreviated ALFA). He failed to win reelection in 2019 and has since returned to an academic career.