Sahra Wagenknecht

Sahra Wagenknecht

MdB
Sahra Wagenknecht; MdB
	Wagenknecht in 2019
Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 12 October 2015 – 24 October 2017 Serving with Dietmar Bartsch
Preceded by	Gregor Gysi
Succeeded by	Alice Weidel; Alexander Gauland
Leader of The Left in the Bundestag
	In office; 12 October 2015 – 12 November 2019 Serving with Dietmar Bartsch
Chief Whip	Jan Korte
Deputy	Sevim Dağdelen; Caren Lay
Preceded by	Gregor Gysi
Succeeded by	Dietmar Bartsch; Amira Mohamed Ali
Member of the Bundestag; for North Rhine-Westphalia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 October 2009
Preceded by	multi-member district
Constituency	The Left List
Member of the European Parliament; for Germany
	In office; 20 July 2004 – 14 July 2009
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	multi-member district
Constituency	Party of Democratic Socialism List
Personal details
Born	Sarah Wagenknecht; 16 July 1969 (age 55); Jena, East Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (since 2023)
Other political; affiliations	The Left (2007–2023); Party of Democratic Socialism (1989–2007); Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1989)
Spouse(s)	Ralph-Thomas Niemeyer (m. 1997; div. 2013); Oskar Lafontaine (m. 2014);
Residence	Merzig-Silwingen
Education	University of Groningen; TU Chemnitz
Occupation	Politician; publicist; author;
Website	sahra-wagenknecht.de

Sahra Wagenknecht (born Sarah Wagenknecht; German pronunciation: [ˌzaːʁa ˈvaːɡŋ̍ˌknɛçt]; 16 July 1969) 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. She left the party on 23 October 2023 to found her own party, Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht.^[1]

References

↑ Henley, Jon (23 October 2023). "German firebrand politician quits far-left Die Linke to set up her own party". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

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[1] Henley, Jon (23 October 2023). "German firebrand politician quits far-left Die Linke to set up her own party". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

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