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.

[16][17] Bachmann started Pegida in October 2014 to protest plans to add 14 refugee centres in Dresden, Germany.

[2][18][19] In mid-January 2015, Bachmann was criticised after a photograph surfaced showing him with a mustache and hair style similar to Adolf Hitler.

[26] In October 2016, Lutz Bachmann moved to live in the south of Tenerife where he was declared persona non grata by the authorities of that island.

[29] In January 2017, Bachmann had to answer to the Dresden Regional Court because an aid organisation had sued him due to reputational damage.

[30][31] In March 2018, Bachmann received a penalty order from the Dresden District Court for sedition and violations of the Assembly Act.

Bachmann had posted the photo of an innocent young Muslim man with a migration background due to a chance name resemblance on Facebook and accused him offender.

[37] The British authorities justified the deportation notice with the concern for the public good and Bachmann's criminal record for drug trafficking.

[6][38] He then announced in a video message that the speech he wanted to hold was that of the head of the Austrian Identitarian movement, Martin Sellner.

[39][40] For the insult of a journalist in August 2019, Bachmann was sentenced to 60 daily rates by the District Court of Dresden in February 2020.

[41][42] Because Bachmann had published an arrest warrant, he was sentenced to 100 daily rates of 30 euros by the district court of Dippoldiswalde, then appealed, but withdrew it in August 2020, thus being finalised.