Bernd Lucke (born 19 August 1962) is a German economist and politician. Lucke was elected a

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(MEP) for the

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(AfD) in 2014. He failed to win reelection in 2019. He is a professor of

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at the

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, a co-founder of ''Wahlalternative 2013'' ("Electoral Alternative 2013"), and a founder of the party Alternative for Germany (AfD). Lucke lost the leadership of the AfD to

Frauke Petry Frauke Petry (; ; born 1 June 1975) is a German politician who chaired the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from July 2015 to September 2017. A chemist by training and with a professional background as a businesswoman, some political scientis ...

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).

Biography

From 1982 to 1984, Lucke studied economics, history, and philosophy at the

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; he undertook graduate studies in economics at the University of Bonn and

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from 1984 to 1987. He completed his doctorate in 1991 with a dissertation on price stabilization in world agricultural markets under Jürgen Wolters at

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. After the

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, he worked in the Council of Economic Experts of the East German Government and, after the German reunification, as an assistant to the

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. Lucke's research interests include

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, news-driven business cycles, growth in developing countries, dynamic CGE models, and applied econometrics.Curriculum Vitae
, University of Hamburg, last updated 26 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013. Lucke has been an advisor to the

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and a

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at the

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in Vancouver.( de) von Petersdorff, Winand
"Wer ist der Anti-Euro-Professor Bernd Lucke?"
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'', 24 March 2013. He is a frequent guest on political talk shows in Germany. He is married and has five children.Vasagar, Jeevan, and Harriet Alexander
"Bernd Lucke: Merkel's new rival and Germany's first serious Euroskeptic"
London ''Daily Telegraph'' via ''Ottawa Citizen'', 11 April 2013. Similar, earlier story also: Alexander, Harriet, and Jeevan Vasagar in Berlin

''The Telegraph'', 7 April 2013. During a campaign speech in Bremen on 24 August 2013, Lucke was attacked with

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by two members of Anti-fascist Action. Several people in the audience were treated for irritation of the eyes and throat. On 4 July 2015, Lucke was displaced as leader of the party Alternative for Germany (AfD) by his former deputy,

, after several months of infighting. On 9 July 2015, Lucke left the Alternative for Germany, saying that the party had "fallen irretrievably into the wrong hands" after Petry's election, and on 19 July, he and other former members of the AfD founded a new party, the Alliance for Progress and Renewal (ALFA). ALFA has since been renamed ''Liberal-Konservative Reformer'' ("Liberal-conservative reformers").

Selected publications

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References

External links

University of Hamburg, Bernd Lucke
(de)
Homepage
of "Plenum of Economists"
Homepage
of "Bündnis Bürgerwille" (Alliance of Citizens' Will")
Cofounder
of "Wahlalternative 2013" (Election Alternative 2013)
Party Hompeage
Lucke speaker of "Alternative für Deutschland" (Alternative for Germany) * Marsh, David
"New anti-euro party intensifies pressure on Merkel"
'' MarketWatch'', 15 April 2013.
Spiegel portrait of Bernd Lucke and AfD, May 2014

Business Insider: Meet the Influential German Professor Who Wants to Get Rid of the Euro in Order to Save Europe
retrieved 30 March 2013.
Deutsche Welle interview with Bernd Lucke: Where is the German Euroskeptic party AfD headed?
retrieved July 2015. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucke, Bernd Living people 1962 births Liberal Conservative Reformers MEPs Alternative for Germany MEPs Writers from Berlin German economists Academic staff of the University of Hamburg Academic staff of the Free University of Berlin Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin University of British Columbia faculty German philosophers Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Liberal Conservative Reformers politicians Leaders of political parties in Germany MEPs for Germany 2014–2019 German male non-fiction writers Political party founders