Rüdiger Lucassen

Rüdiger Lucassen (born 19 August 1951) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and, since 2017, he has been a member of the Bundestag.

Rüdiger Lucassen
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Personal details
Born(1951-08-19)19 August 1951
NationalityGerman
Political partyAfD

Life and politics

Lucassen was born 1951 in the West German village of Westerholz and studied at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg and became a commissioned officer of the Bundeswehr, the West German military force.[1] Lucassen entered the populist AfD in 2016 and became after the 2017 German federal election member of the Bundestag.[2] In October 2019, Lucassen was made chairman of the state association of the AfD in North Rhine-Westphalia.[3]

References
  1. "Deutscher Bundestag - Rüdiger Lucassen".
  2. "Home - Rüdiger Lucassen, MdB offizielle Homepage von Rüdiger Lucassen, MdB". Rüdiger Lucassen, MdB.
  3. WDR (2019-10-05). "Landesparteitag in Kalkar: Lucassen neuer AfD-Chef in Nordrhein-Westfalen". www1.wdr.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-01.
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