Bernd Lucke

Bernd Lucke MEP a. D.
Lucke in 2014
Leader of the Alternative for Germany
In office 14 April 2013 – 5 July 2015 Serving with Frauke Petry, Konrad Adam
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 (1962-08-19) 19 August 1962 (age 61) 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)
Alma mater	University of Hamburg University of Bonn
Signature
Website	www.bernd-lucke.de

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.

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^[1][2][3] (formerly Allianz für Fortschritt und Aufbruch,^[4] "Alliance for progress and renewal", abbreviated ALFA). He failed to win reelection in 2019 and has since returned to an academic career.^[5]