Michael Stürzenberger

Michael Stürzenberger (born 28 September 1964) is a German counter-jihad activist, blogger and critic of Islam. He was the leader of the German Freedom Party from 2013 to 2016, and has been active for many years with his public speaking and protests against Islam with groups such as the Citizens' Movement Pax Europa and Pegida. He has been convicted of several criminal offences related to his political activism, including incitement to hatred. He is an active YouTuber and contributor to the blog Politically Incorrect, and was observed by the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution for "anti-constitutional extremism" from 2013 until 2022.

He was the primary target of an Islamist terrorist stabbing attack in Mannheim on 31 May 2024. He and five others were stabbed by the attacker, including a police officer who was stabbed in the neck from behind and later died of his injuries. Stürzenberger survived.