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.

[1] Lucassen entered the populist AfD in 2016 and became after the 2017 German federal election member of the Bundestag.

[3] Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, when fellow AfD Bundestag members Steffen Kotré and Eugen Schmidt made an appearance on Russian propaganda journalist Vladimir Solovyov's TV show, Lucassen denounced it as "treason against the people".

[5] In October 2022, Lucassen called for Germany to acquire nuclear weapons , following a resolution by the Young Alternatives.

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