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 in 2024,Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht,to contest elections onwards.
Klaus Ernst is a German politician and was a leading member of the Labour and Social Justice Party,later The Left and switched to BSW in October 2023.
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.
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 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 parliamentary group is the second-smallest of seven in the Bundestag,and is headed by parliamentary co-leaders Heidi Reichinnek and Sören Pellmann.
Andrej Konstantin Hunko is a German politician. He has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2009 and a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2010. He has been deputy chairman of the Unified European Left parliamentary group since 2015 and deputy chairman of the Left parliamentary group in the Bundestag since 2020. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Left party since 2014.
Elisabeth "Lisa" Paus is a German politician who has been serving as the Federal Minister for Family Affairs,Senior Citizens,Women and Youth since 25 April 2022. A member of Alliance 90/The Greens and an economist by training,she has served as a Member of the German Bundestag for the state of Berlin since 2009.
Thomas Geisel is a German politician from the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht party and former member of the Social Democratic Party. Together with Fabio Di Masi he is running for European Parliament election in 2024 for BSW.
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.
Jessica Tatti is a German politician. Born in Marbach am Neckar,Baden-Württemberg,she represents Wagenknecht-party and serves as its Group Chief Whip in the German Bundestag. She switched party from The Left in October 2023 to "Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht".
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.
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.
Christian Leye is a German politician. He is a Member of the German Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia.
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance –Reason and Justice is a left-wing nationalist,populist,socialist,culturally conservative and Eurosceptic German political party founded on 8 January 2024. The party was preceded by the establishment of a registered association,created on 26 September 2023 and primarily made up of former members of the German political party The Left,for the purposes of preparing the founding of the new political party. 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,former managing director of The Left in North Rhine-Westphalia Lukas Schön,and entrepreneur Ralph Suikat.
Jan-Peter Warnke is a German politician from Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht. In the 2024 European Parliament election he was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
Ruth Christina Margarete Firmenich is a German politician from Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht. In the 2024 European Parliament election she was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
Alexander King is a German politician from Berlin. King is a member of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht,previously representing Die Linke and PDS. With a short interruption,he has been a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2021. He has been the state chairman of the BSW Berlin since 2024.
Metin Kaya is a Turkish-born German politician who has been a member of the Hamburg Parliament since 2020.
Andreas Hartenfels is a German politician. He is a member of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht and previously the Alliance 90/The Greens. He has been a member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2011.
