Lea Reisner
Lea Reisner | |
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| Member of the Bundestag from North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Assumed office 2025 | |
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| Born | 9 March 1989 Wiesbaden |
| Political party | Die Linke |
Lea Valeska Anissia Reisner (born 9 March 1989) is a German politician from Die Linke. In the 2025 German federal election, she was elected to the German Bundestag via her party's state list in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Life
[edit]Lea Reisner graduated from high school in Wiesbaden in 2008. She is a nurse. Reisner worked as an operations manager and project coordinator in civilian maritime search and rescue.[1] She describes herself as an anarchist.[2]
Political career
[edit]In the 2024 European Parliament election, she was ranked 9th on the Left Party's European election list, but missed out on a seat in the European Parliament. In the 2025 German federal election, she ran as a direct candidate in the Cologne II constituency and was nominated by The Left North Rhine-Westphalia state association to 3rd place on the state list.[3] She received 8.6 percent of the first votes in the election, but was still able to enter the German Bundestag via her party's state list. Reisner's candidacy was supported by Brand New Bundestag.[4]
Lea Reisner was elected to the party's state executive committee at the state party conference of the North Rhine-Westphalia state association on 16–17 November 2024.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Abgeordnete im Porträt: Lea Reisner (Die Linke)". Ärzte Zeitung. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ^ Raul Zelik (26 February 2025). "Bundestagswahl: Die Neuformierung der Linksfraktion". nd. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ Susanne Rohlfing (3 December 2024). "Kölner Linke benennt Direktkandidaten für den Bundestag". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ^ "Unsere Kandidierenden" (in German). Brand New Bundestag. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Lea Reisner at die-linke.de
- Lea Reisner at bundestag.de
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- Living people
- 1989 births
- Politicians from Wiesbaden
- Die Linke politicians
- Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
- Members of the Bundestag for Die Linke
- Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029
- Female members of the Bundestag
- 21st-century German women politicians
- German anarchists
- German nurses
- 21st-century anarchists