Oskar Lafontaine is a German politician. He served as Minister-President of the state of Saarland from 1985 to 1998 and was federal leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1995 to 1999. He was the lead candidate for the SPD in the 1990 German federal election,but lost by a wide margin. He served as Minister of Finance under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder after the SPD's victory in the 1998 federal election,but resigned from both the ministry and Bundestag less than six months later,positioning himself as a popular opponent of Schröder's policies in the tabloid press.
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.
Yvonne Ploetz is a German politician and member of SPD former member of The Left. On 1 February 2010,she became a member of the German Parliament when she succeeded Oskar Lafontaine.
The 2022 Saarland state election was held on 27 March 2022 to elect the 17th Landtag of Saarland. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Tobias Hans.
Manuel Höferlin is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate from 2009 till 2013 and since 2017.
Reinhard Houben is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.
Jörg Cezanne is a German politician. Born in Frankfurt,Hesse,he represents The Left. Jörg Cezanne served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse from 2017 to 2021.
Achim Kessler is a German politician. Born in Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald,Baden-Württemberg,he represents The Left. Achim Kessler has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse from 2017 to October 2021.
Pascal Meiser is a German politician. Born in Saarbrücken,Saarland,he represents The Left. Pascal Meiser has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Berlin since 2017.
Żaklin Nastić is a German politician who was elected for The Left. In October 2023 she switched to BSW. She has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hamburg since 2017.
Alexander Neu is a German politician. Born in Eitorf,North Rhine-Westphalia,he represents The Left. Alexander Neu served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2013 to 2021.
Sören Pellmann is a German politician who represents The Left. Pellmann has served as a member of the Bundestag from Leipzig II in the state of Saxony since 2017. Since 2024,he has been serving as the Leader of The Left Group in the Bundestag,alongside Heidi Reichinnek.
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.
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.
Bernhard Daldrup is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013.
Dietmar Heinrich Nietan is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1998 to 2002 and since 2005. In addition to his parliamentary work,he has been serving as the Coordinator of German-Polish Intersocietal and Cross-Border Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2022.
Barbara Spaniol is a German politician of The Left who was a member of the Landtag of Saarland from 2004 to 2022. Starting her career in The Greens,she joined The Left in 2007. From 2013 to 2021 she was one of the vice presidents of the Landtag. She served as The Left's lead candidate during the 2022 Saarland state election.
Astrid Schramm is a German politician. Since 2024 she has been the state chairwoman of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance in Saarland. From 2009 to 2022 she was a member of the Landtag of Saarland for the party Die Linke.
The Left Party parliamentary group in the Bundestag was the parliamentary group of the party Die Linke in the Bundestag from 2005 to 2023. It dissolved in 2023 following the Bundnis Sahra Wagenknecht split.
