Christian Leye | |
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![]() Leye in 2025 | |
Member of the German Bundestag | |
In office 27 October 2021 –23 February 2025 | |
Constituency | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Personal details | |
Born | Bochum,North Rhine-Westphalia,West Germany (now Germany) | 6 April 1981
Political party | BSW (2023–present) |
Other political affiliations | The Left (until 2023) |
Alma mater | University of Göttingen (MA) |
Christian Leye (born 6 April 1981) is a German politician (BSW,formerly Die Linke). [1] He was a Member of the German Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia from 2021 to 2025. [2]
Born in Bochum,Leye has been the state chairman of Die Linke in North Rhine-Westphalia since 2016. [2] He contested Duisburg II at the 2021 federal election. He won a seat on the party list. [3]
Leye founded the pre-association for the new party of Sahra Wagenknecht BSW. On a press-conference on 23 October 2023 he announced that he will leave The Left and join Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht. [4]