Jessica Tatti (born 22 April 1981) is a German politician (

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, former The Left). Born in Marbach am Neckar,

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, she represents Wagenknecht-party and serves as its Group

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in the German

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. She switched party from The Left in October 2023 to "Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht". Jessica Tatti has served as a member of the

from the state of

since 2017.

Life

She is of Italian descent. Her grandparents hail from

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. Tatti studied social work at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in

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and was employed in the corresponding professional field after her bachelor's degree: In 2010, she moved to Reutlingen and initially worked in urban youth work; before her parliamentary mandate in the German Bundestag, she most recently worked in social services in refugee care for the Esslingen district association of Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO). She became member of the bundestag after the

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. She is a member of the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs. In October 2023 she declared that she would quit Die Linke and follow

Sahra Wagenknecht Sahra Wagenknecht (born Sarah Wagenknecht; ; 16 July 1969) is a German politician, economist, author and publicist. Since 2009, she has been a member of the Bundestag for The Left. From 2015 to 2019 she served as parliamentary co-chair of her pa ...

into her new party. Tatti rejected the demand to resign from the Bundestag mandate she had won through Die Linke.

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Bundestag biography
1981 births Living people People from Marbach am Neckar Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Female members of the Bundestag 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for The Left Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 German people of Italian descent {{Germany-Left-politician-stub