Lutz Bachmann

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

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