Xenija Melnik

Xenija Melnik
Member of the Hamburg Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 March 2025
Personal details
Born	2001 (age 24–25)
Party	Die Linke

Xenija Melnik (born 2001) is a German politician from Die Linke. ^[1] She has been a member of the Hamburg Parliament since 26 March 2025.

Biography

Melnik grew up in Hamburg. Her parents are ethnic German repatriates from Ukraine. Melnik graduated from the Lessing-Stadtteilschule and studied at the North German Academy for Tax Law and Finance in 2020. She worked for the Hamburg tax administration and later in the private sector. Since 2024, Melnik has worked as a tax assistant at the law firm Hansa Partner Rommel & Meyer. ^[2] She lives in Harburg. ^[3]

Political career

Melnik joined the Left Party in 2019. She is a board member of the Left Party's Harburg district association.

In 2024, Melnik was elected to the Harburg district assembly. In the 2025 Hamburg state election, she was placed 17th on the state list and also ran as a direct candidate in the Harburg constituency, where she won the third seat with 10,674 votes. ^{[4] [5]} Melnik was elected deputy chair of her parliamentary group. She is the youngest member of the Hamburg Parliament in its 23rd legislative term.

References

1. Admin. "Xenija Melnik wird die starke soziale Stimme Harburgs! • Fraktion Die Linke" (in German). Retrieved 2026-01-18.
2. "Xenija Melnik" (in German). Retrieved 2025-04-22.
3. Xenija Melnik. In: hamburgische-buergerschaft.de. Abgerufen am 22. April 2025.
4. "Xenija Melnik" (in German). Retrieved 2025-04-22.
5. "Ergebnisse Bürgerschaftswahl 2025 in Wahlkreis 16 - Harburg". www.wahlen-hamburg.de. Retrieved 2026-01-18.