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.
Heidrun Bluhm is a German politician and member of "Die Linke."
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,that being 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.
Christine Ann Buchholz is a German politician and was member of the Bundestag,the German federal diet from 2009 to 2021 for the Die Linke. A progressive activist,Bucholz is a member of Marx21,a network of trotskyists within Die Linke broadly aligned with the International Socialist Tendency.
Axel Troost was a German economist and politician. He was a member of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2017 and a brief period in 2021.
Dagmar Enkelmann is a German politician of Die Linke 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.
Caren Nicole Lay is a German politician. She has been a member of the Bundestag since 2009 and has been deputy chairperson of the Die Linke parliamentary group in the Bundestag since 2017. From 2012 to 2018,she was one of the deputy chairpersons of her party. In November 2019,Lay unsuccessfully applied to succeed Sahra Wagenknecht as co-chairperson of the Die Linke parliamentary group in the Bundestag. She was defeated by Amira Mohamed Ali in a competitive vote.
Stefan Liebich is a German politician,who served as a member of the Bundestag for the Democratic Socialist party The Left between 2009 and 2021.
Heike Hänsel is a German politician,representing The Left. Born in Stuttgart,Baden-Württemberg,Heike Hänsel served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg from 2005 to 2021.
Kerstin Kassner is a German politician. Born in Radebeul in the Bezirk Dresden of East Germany,she represents The Left. Kerstin Kassner has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2013.
Jan Korte is a German politician. Born in Osnabrück,Lower Saxony,he represents The Left. Jan Korte has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 2005.
Jutta Krellmann is a German politician. Born in Johannisberg (Geisenheim),Hesse,she represents The Left. Jutta Krellmann served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony from 2009 to 2021.
Ingrid Remmers was a German politician. She represented The Left and served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2009 until 2013 and from 2017 until her death in 2021.
Petra Sitte is a German politician. She represents The Left. Petra Sitte has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 2005.
Kersten Steinke is a German politician. Born in Bad Frankenhausen,Thuringia,she represents The Left. Kersten Steinke has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia from 1998 till 2002 and since 2005.
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".
Pia Zimmermann is a German politician. Born in Braunschweig,Lower Saxony,she represents Die Linke. She was a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony from 2013 until 2021.
