List Of German Left Party Politicians

	List Of German Left Party Politicians A list of notable politicians of the German Left Party: A * Doris Achelwilm * Hans-Henning Adler * Wolfram Adolphi * Ali Al-Dailami * Wolfgang Albers * Elke Altmann * Elmar Altvater * Kersten Artus * Hüseyin Kenan Aydın B * Dietmar Bartsch * Theodor Bergmann * Gerhard Besier * Karin Binder * Lothar Bisky * Carola Bluhm * Heidrun Bluhm * Julia Bonk * André Brie * Christine Buchholz * Eva Bulling-Schröter * Martina Bunge C * Roland Claus D * Sevim Dağdelen Özlem Demirel Steffen Dittes E * Dagmar Enkelmann * Cornelia Ernst * Klaus Ernst F * Heinrich Fink G * Erwin Geschonneck * Christian Görke * Angelika Gramkow Ates Gürpinar Gregor Gysi H * André Hahn * Thomas Händel * Wolfgang Fritz Haug * Lutz Heilmann Susanne Hennig-Wellsow Kurt Herzog * Dora Heyenn * Inge Höger * Helmut Holter J * Ulla Jelpke * Luc Jochimsen K * Kerstin Kaiser * Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann * Gisela Kessler * Katja Kipping * Jürgen Klute * Jan Korte L * Oskar Lafontaine * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	The Left (Germany) The Left (german: Die Linke; stylised as and in its logo as ), commonly referred to as the Left Party (german: Die Linkspartei, links=no ), is a democratic socialist political party in Germany. The party was founded in 2007 as the result of the merger of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative. Through the PDS, the party is the direct descendant of the Marxist–Leninist ruling party of the former East Germany, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. Since 2022, The Left's co-chairpersons have been Janine Wissler and Martin Schirdewan. The party holds 39 seats out of 736 in the Bundestag, the federal legislature of Germany, having won 4.9% of votes cast in the 2021 German federal election. Its parliamentary group is the smallest of six in the Bundestag, and is headed by parliamentary co-leaders Amira Mohamed Ali and Dietmar Bartsch. The Left is represented in nine of Germany's sixteen state legislatures, including all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Julia Bonk Julia Bonk (born 29 April 1986) is a former Left Party politician who served in the Landtag of Saxony from 2004 to 2014. Elected at age 18, she became the youngest member of a parliament in Germany. Career Bonk became a member of the Landtag of Saxony in 2004 immediately after finishing school, later joining the Left Party in 2006. During the fourth legislative period of the Landtag of Saxony (2004–2009), Bonk was the Vice-Spokeswoman of the parliamentary committee on School and Sport and member of the committee on Science and University. The newspaper ''Badische Zeitung The ''Badische Zeitung'' (''Baden Newspaper'') is a German newspaper based in Freiburg im Breisgau, covering the South Western part of Germany and the Black Forest region. It has a circulation of 145,825 and a readership of 409,000. The paper was ...'' counted that 87 international papers printed her picture. References External links * (via archive.org) 1986 births Living people Libertaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Erwin Geschonneck Erwin Geschonneck (27 December 1906 – 12 March 2008) was a German actor. His biggest success occurred in the German Democratic Republic, where he was considered one of the most famous actors of the time. Early life Geschonneck was born in Bartenstein, East Prussia (now Bartoszyce, Poland), the son of a poor shoemaker. The family moved to Berlin in 1909 so his father could work as a nightwatchman. In 1919, the younger Geschonneck joined the Communist Party of Germany. After the Nazi takeover in 1933, he emigrated to the Soviet Union via Poland, but was expelled in 1938 and moved to Prague. After the German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia, he was arrested on 31 March 1939. During World War II, he was imprisoned in several Nazi concentration camps. In 1945, Geschonneck was one of the few prisoners who survived the RAF sinking of the Cap Arcona. Career Immediately following the war, Geschonneck acted in theaters in Hamburg, Germany, and made his film debut in 1947 in '' In je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Heinrich Fink Heinrich Fink (31 March 1935 – 1 July 2020) was a German theologian, university professor and politician ('' Die Linke''). In 1991 Fink was dismissed from Humboldt University of Berlin due to allegations against him being a former informer for the East German state security office, the Stasi. Fink denied the allegations. Biography Fink was born in Korntal, Bessarabia, Romania (today Cantemir, part of Nădejdea commune, in Sarata Raion) and came from an impoverished Bessarabian German peasant family. The family was resettled to Poland on the basis of Heinrich Himmler's emigration policy. Heinrich Fink joined the Free German Youth (FDJ). From 1954 to 1960, he studied Protestant theology at Berlin's Humboldt University, where he set out his doctoral thesis on Karl Barth and his master dissertation on Friedrich Schleiermacher. From 1979 to 1992, Fink was Professor of Practical Theology at Humboldt University, of which he was the principal from 1990 to 1992. He was a member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Klaus Ernst Klaus Ernst (born 1 November 1954 in Munich) is a left-wing German politician and was a leading member of the Labour and Social Justice Party and now The Left. The certified political economist has served as a member of The Left in the Bundestag since 2005, and as of 2010 has been co-chairing the party together with Gesine Lötzsch. Career At the age of 15 he left his home and school because of his violent father. In 1970 he found work as an electronics technician and was elected youth representative and member of the works council. In 1972 he became a member of the German Metalworkers' Union and in 1974 he took the chair of regional trade unions youth organization in Munich (until 1979) and became a partymember of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. From 1979 to 1984 he studied political economy at the University of Hamburg. After his studies he became a trade union secretary in Stuttgart, responsible for organization, educational work and social plans. In 1995 Ernst w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cornelia Ernst Cornelia Ernst (born 30 November 1956) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany. She is a member of The Left Party, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left. She was elected to the European Parliament in 2009, prior to which she had been a member of the Parliament of Saxony from 1998. From 2007 till 2009 she had been the regional chairman of the Left Party in Saxony. On 15 February 2014 she got voted on place 3 of the group of nominated candidates of the Left party for the European Parliament and was re-elected to the European Parliament in 2014. Life and work After graduating from secondary school in 1974 and her entry into the SED she finished her degree/diploma in education science in 1979. Ernst got her PhD in 1983 at Leipzig University with the thesis on ''"Zur Geschichte des Internationalen Frauentages in der Übergangsperiode vom Kapitalismus zum Sozialismus auf dem Gebiet der DDR (1945/46 - 1961)" (English: The history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Dagmar Enkelmann Dagmar Enkelmann (born Dagmar Ebert: 5 April 1956) is a German politician ( Die Linke (''"The Left"'')). In 2005 she became Parliamentary Party Manager (''"Chief Whip"'') for Die Linke in the Bundestag (''national parliament''), a position from which she resigned in 2013 after losing her seat. In December 2012 she took on the chair of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, a position to which she was elected in succession to Heinz Vietze. Life Early years and education Dagmar Gertraud Elsa Ebert was born in Altlandsberg, a small historic town a short distance to the east of Berlin and at that time in the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany. She attended school in nearby Strausberg, passing her school leaving exams (''Abitur'') in 1974, which opened the way to a university level education. Between 1974 and 1979 she was a student of the History faculty at Karl Marx University (as it was known at that time) in Leipzig. She emerged with an extensive knowledge of Marxist so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Özlem Demirel Özlem Demirel (born 10 March 1984, in Malatya, Turkey) is a German politician who is currently a serving representative of the party The Left as a Member of the European Parliament. Education She attended primary and secondary education in Bielefeld and Cologne, and graduated from high school in 2004. she began to study political sciences and history at the University of Bonn. Political career She has interested herself early on in politics and with 15 years she became involved in the youth section of the Democratic Workers Union (DIDF). In 2012 she became the DIDF Chairwoman. From 2005 to 2007 she was a member of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), and co-founded The Left party in 2007. She led The Left in the campaign together with Christian Leye to the election to the State Parliament (Landtag) of Nord Rhine-Westphalia in 2017, where The Left did not reach the affordable 5% to enter the Landtag. She was again the leading candidate of The Left's electoral campai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sevim Dağdelen Sevim Dağdelen (born 4 September 1975) is a German politician and a member of the Left Party (). Early years Born in Duisburg to Kurdish immigrants, Sevim Dağdelen finished high school in 1997, and studied law first at the University of Marburg and then at the University of Adelaide, Australia and later at the University of Cologne. She did not complete her law studies and dropped out to pursue her political career. She worked as a journalist for the Turkish newspaper ''Evrensel'' and German publications ''Tatsachen'' and ''Junge Stimme''. She was also active as a translator. Career After joining the Left Party, Dağdelen became a member of the regional-level party council of North Rhine-Westphalia and the federal student agency from 1996 to 1998. From 1993 to 2001, she was a member of the federal youth commission. Since 2005, she has been a member of the German Bundestag. Dağdelen participated in the State dinner with Angela Merkel at the White House in June 2011. Dağ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Roland Claus Roland Claus (born 18 December 1954 in Hettstedt, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German politician and member of The Left (Germany), "die Linke." 1954 births Living people People from Mansfeld-Südharz Socialist Unity Party of Germany politicians Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) politicians Members of the Bundestag for Saxony-Anhalt People of the Stasi Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag for The Left {{Germany-Left-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Martina Bunge Martina Bunge (18 May 1951 in Leipzig – 1 May 2022) was a German politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ... and member of "die Linke" (The Left). References External links 1951 births 2022 deaths Politicians from Leipzig University of Rostock alumni Members of the Bundestag for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag for The Left {{Germany-Left-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]