Stella Merendino

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Stella Merendino
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Stella Merendino in 2025
Member of the Bundestag
from Berlin
Incumbent
Assumed office
2025
Personal details
Born
Ottavia Stella Merendino

(1994-04-08) 8 April 1994 (age 31)
Gdańsk, Poland
Political party Die Linke

Ottavia Stella Merendino (born 8 April 1994) is a German politician. She is a member of the Left Party and was elected to the Bundestag in the 2025 German federal election. [1]

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Life

Stella Merdendino was born on 8 April 1994, in Gdańsk, Poland. [1] and grew up in Wedding. [2] Her mother is Polish and her father is Italian. Merendino worked as a nurse in the emergency room at Vivantes Humboldt Hospital  [ de ]. As a nurse, she was active in the ver.di union campaign for more staff in the emergency room (Tarifvertrag Entlastung). [3] In 2021, she began a part-time degree programme in "Advanced Clinical Nursing with a Focus on Emergency Nursing". [4]

Political life

In 2023, Stella Merendino joined Die Linke after attacks on nursing staff at her hospital. [3] [4] In addition to health policy, tenant protection is also an issue for Merendino. [5] She sees housing as a fundamental right, and demands that rents be reduced, and that a nationwide rent cap be introduced. [5] In December 2024, her candidacy for the Bundestag in Berlin-Mitte was announced. In the federal election of February 2025, she was elected to the Bundestag via the state list. [6] Her candidacy was supported by Brand New Bundestag. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Deutscher Bundestag - Ottavia Stella Merendino". bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  2. ↑ BLZ (14 December 2024). "Pflegerin will in den Bundestag: "Ich habe alles gesehen"". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Abgeordnete im Porträt: Stella Merendino (Die Linke)". ÄrzteZeitung (in German). 24 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 Christian Schwager (27 January 2025). "Kliniksterben, volle Notaufnahmen, unnötige OPs: So will eine Berliner Krankenschwester die Politik verändern". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  5. 1 2 Rike Lange (18 February 2025). "Soziale Gerechtigkeit, bezahlbares Wohnen: Stella Merendino im Kandidat:innencheck". Weddingweiser (in German). Archived from the original on 9 April 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Diese 45 Politiker aus der Region sind im neuen Bundestag vertreten". rbb (in German). 24 February 2025. Archived from the original on 24 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Unsere Kandidierenden". Brand New Bundestag (in German). 1 April 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
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