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Christian Leye
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Leye (left) in 2016, photographed with Özlem Demirel
Member of the German Bundestag
Assumed office
27 October 2021
ConstituencyNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Personal details
Born (1981-04-06) 6 April 1981 (age 43)
Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partyDIE LINKE
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen

Christian Leye (born 6 April 1981) is a German politician (BSW, formely DIE LINKE).[1] He is a Member of the German Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia.[2]

Career

Born in Bochum, Leye has been the state chairman of DIE LINKE in North Rhine-Westphalia since 2016.[2] He contested Duisburg II at the 2021 federal election. He won a seat on the party list.[3]

Leye founded the pre-association for the new party of Sahra Wagenknecht BSW. On the a press-conference on 23 October 2023 he will leave The Left and for BSW.

References

  1. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag – Christian Leye". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b ""Das fühlt sich schon etwas komisch an"". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Linke: Christian Leye zittert um Einzug in den Bundestag". www.waz.de (in German). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.