Oskar Lafontaine is a German politician. He served as Minister-President of the state of Saarland from 1985 to 1998,and was federal leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1995 to 1999. He was the lead candidate for the SPD in the 1990 German federal election,but lost by a wide margin. He served as Minister of Finance under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder after the SPD's victory in the 1998 federal election,but resigned from both the ministry and Bundestag less than six months later,positioning himself as a popular opponent of Schröder's policies in the tabloid press.
Sahra Wagenknecht is a German politician,economist,author,and publicist. Since 2009 she has been a member of the Bundestag,where until 2023 she represented The Left. From 2015 to 2019,she served as that party's parliamentary co-chair. With a small team of allies,she left the party on 23 October 2023 to found her own party,Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht,to contest elections from 2024 onwards.
Klaus Ernst 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.
Dietmar Gerhard Bartsch is a German politician who has served as co-chair of The Left parliamentary group in the Bundestag since 2015. Prior,he served as federal treasurer of The Left from 2006 to 2009 and federal managing officer from 2005 to 2010. He was a prominent member of The Left's predecessor party,the PDS,of which he served as treasurer from 1991 to 1997 and federal managing officer from 1997 to 2002.
Sevim Dağdelen is a German politician and a member of the Bundestag. She was elected for Left Party and switched in October 2023 to Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht.
The Left,commonly referred to as the Left Party,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 (SED). Since 2022,The Left's co-chairpersons have been Janine Wissler and Martin Schirdewan. The party holds 28 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 former parliamentary group was the smallest of six in the Bundestag,and was headed by parliamentary co-leaders Amira Mohamed Ali and Dietmar Bartsch.
The Communist Platform is an association within the German Left Party. Among the main goals of the KPF are the preservation and advancement of Marxist thought,improving the situation of the poor,and fighting racism and anticommunism. They believe that change in society should be aimed at building a socialist society. Its most prominent member was Sahra Wagenknecht,who was a member of the European Parliament and is now a member of the Bundestag. As of May 2008 the Platform had around 961 members.
Gökay Akbulut is a Turkish-German politician and social scientist. She is currently serving in the Bundestag as a member of The Left Party from the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg.
Patrick Ernst Hermann Sensburg is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a professor at the University of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration in North Rhine-Westphalia in Cologne. He served as a member of the German Parliament from 2009 until 2021,representing the Hochsauerlandkreis constituency in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Diether Dehm is a German singer-songwriter,music producer and left-wing politician. He is currently a member of the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht,and has previously been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany,the PDS,and the Left Party.
Nicole Stephanie Gohlke is a German politician.
Amira Mohamed Ali is a German politician and member of the Bundestag since 2017. From 12 November 2019 till October 2023,she was the parliamentary co-chairperson of The Left alongside Dietmar Bartsch. In October 2023,she left The Left alongside others like Sahra Wagenknecht to found a new party. Amira is the chairwoman of the board of the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht-Association which was founded to prepare a new party in January 2024.
Alexander Neu is a German politician. Born in Eitorf,North Rhine-Westphalia,he represents The Left. Alexander Neu served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2013 to 2021.
Sören Pellmann is a German politician. Born in Leipzig,Saxony,he represents The Left. Pellmann has served as a member of the Bundestag from Leipzig II in the state of Saxony since 2017.
Alexander Ulrich is a German politician. Born in Kusel,Rhineland-Palatinate,he was elected for The Left. In 2023 he switched to BSW. Alexander Ulrich has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2005.
Hubertus Zdebel is a German politician. Born in Emmerich,North Rhine-Westphalia,he represents The Left. Hubertus Zdebel has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.
Ali Abass Yahya Al-Dailami is a German-Yemeni politician of The Left who is serving as member of the Bundestag since 2021 and one of six deputy leaders of his party since 2018.
Heidi Reichinnek is a German politician and Member of the Bundestag from Die Linke.
Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht,officially known as BSW—For Reason and Justice,is a registered association created on 26 September 2023 by members of the German political party The Left for the purposes of founding a new political party. The plans for the new party were presented at a federal press conference on 23 October 2023 by Bundestag members Sahra Wagenknecht,Amira Mohamed Ali,and Christian Leye,The Left in North Rhine-Westphalia former managing director Lukas Schön,and the investor and entrepreneur Ralph Suikat.
