Heidi Reichinnek
German politician
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- Heidi Reichinnek ( German: [ˈhaɪdi ˈʁaɪçinɛk] ; born 19 April 1988) is a German politician and Member of the Bundestag for the left-wing party Die Linke.
- Biography Reichinnek became interested in politics as a teenager, opposing the Hartz reforms and supporting women's equality and social welfare.
- Reichinnek joined Die Linke (The Left) in 2015 and was elected to the city council of Osnabrück the following year.
- In 2019, she became chairwoman of The Left's Lower Saxony branch.
- She came in fifth place but was elected to the Bundestag on the state list.
Heidi Reichinnek (German: [ˈhaɪdi ˈʁaɪçinɛk]; born 19 April 1988) is a German politician and Member of the Bundestag for the left-wing party Die Linke. Since 2024, she has been serving as the Leader of Die Linke in the Bundestag, alongside Sören Pellmann.
Biography
Reichinnek became interested in politics as a teenager, opposing the Hartz reforms and supporting women's equality and social welfare. At university, she spent a semester abroad in Cairo in the midst of the Arab Spring and witnessed the Egyptian revolution, which furthered her interest in politics. Reichinnek joined Die Linke (The Left) in 2015 and was elected to the city council of Osnabrück the following year. She ran in the 2017 Lower Saxony state election, and placed seventh on the party list, but was not elected. In 2019, she became chairwoman of The Left's Lower Saxony branch.
She contested the constituency of Osnabrück City in the 2021 federal election. She came in fifth place but was elected to the Bundestag on the state list. Within the party, she was considered a supporter of Sahra Wagenknecht, and in 2019 signed an open letter thanking Wagenknecht for her political work. At the federal Left congress in June 2022, Reichinnek ran unsuccessfully for the party co-leadership, winning 199 votes (35.8%) to incumbent Janine Wissler's 319 (57.5%).
In February 2024, Reichinnek was elected co-leader of the Left's reorganised Bundestag group alongside Sören Pellmann, defeating Clara Bünger 14 votes to 13.
She was nominated as one of two leading candidates for The Left in the 2025 German federal election, along with party co-leader Jan van Aken.
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