Abbreviation | RLS |
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Named after | Rosa Luxemburg |
Formation | 1990 |
Legal status | Nonprofit foundation |
Headquarters | Berlin |
Chair | Dagmar Enkelmann |
Deputy | Thomas Händel |
Deputy | Sabine Reiner |
Executive director | Daniela Trochowski |
Affiliations | Die Linke |
Staff | 183 (2012) |
Website | www.rosalux.de |
The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (German : Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung), named in recognition of Rosa Luxemburg, occasionally referred to as Rosa-Lux, is a transnational alternative policy lobby group and educational institution, centered in Germany and affiliated to the democratic socialist Left Party. The foundation was established in Berlin in 1990 (originally as the "Social Analysis and Political Education Association"). [1] In 2018, the German state subsidized the work of the foundation with 64 million euros. [2]
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