Lutz Bachmann

Lutz Bachmann
Bachmann at a PEGIDA rally in Dresden, 23 March 2015
Born (1973-01-26) 26 January 1973 (age 51)
Dresden, East Germany
NationalityGerman
Occupations
  • Chairman of Pegida
  • Businessman
SpouseVicky Bachmann
Children1[1]
Websitewww.pegida.de

Lutz Bachmann (born 26 January 1973) is the founder[2][3] and leader of the Pegida movement, a far-right German political organisation linked to the anti-Muslim counter-jihad ideology.[4][5] As leader of Pegida, Bachmann has led marches of tens of thousands of people against Muslim immigration.[6] Bachmann has a long history of criminal convictions, and was banned from entering the United Kingdom in 2018.[6]

  1. ^ Eichstädt, Sven (17 April 2016). "Bachmann macht sich über Strafprozess lustig". Die Welt. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. ^ Huggler, Justin (19 January 2015). "Germany's Pegida anti-Islam movement vows to continue protests in Berlin and Munich". The Daily Telegraph. Berlin. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. ^ Dorell, Oren (8 January 2015). "Paris attack heightens European tensions with Muslims". USA Today. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ^ Önnerfors, Andreas (30 March 2017). "Between Breivik and PEGIDA: the absence of ideologues and leaders on the contemporary European far right". Patterns of Prejudice. 51 (2): 159–175. doi:10.1080/0031322X.2017.1302642. S2CID 152094547.
  5. ^ "Pegida network". HOPE not hate. As traditional counter-jihad notions of Western civilization being under attack are central to Pegida's rhetoric
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference oppenheim was invoked but never defined (see the help page).