The Left Brandenburg

The Left Brandenburg
Chairperson	Katharina Slanina Anja Mayer
Deputy	Kirsten Tackmann Martin Günther
Treasurer	Mario Dannenberg
executive Director	Steffen Wollenberg
Establishment date	September 8, 2007 (union of PDS with WASG)
Place of foundation	Brandenburg on the Havel
Headquarters	Alleestraße 3 14469 Potsdam
Landtag mandates	10/88
Number of members	5,802 (as of December 31, 2018)
Website	www.dielinke-brandenburg.de

Die Linke Brandenburg (DIE LINKE. Brandenburg) is the regional association of the party Die Linke in Brandenburg . The state chairmen are Katharina Slanina and Anja Mayer . The parliamentary group leaders in the Brandenburg state parliament are Kathrin Dannenberg and Sebastian Walter .

history

History since the unification

The Brandenburg state association of the party Die Linke was formed in the course of the nationwide unification of PDS and WASG in 2007. On September 8 of the same year, the state associations of both parties united at the party congress in Brandenburg an der Havel .

Through the previous PDS parliamentary group in the state parliament, the party was already represented in the state parliament before the state elections in 2009. At that time she was in opposition to the red-black state government of Matthias Platzeck . After the same time as the general election held state elections it forms from 2009 to 2019 as a junior partner together with the SPD Brandenburg a coalition in the parliament and asked the state government with. Since the state elections in 2019 , the state government has been provided by a Kenya coalition , so the party is now in the opposition.

Outlines and associations

The state party is divided into 17 district associations, each corresponding to the districts and independent cities, with a joint district association in the independent city of Cottbus and in the Spree-Neisse district. The district association with the largest number of members in 2013 was the Lausitz district association with 837 members, the weakest in the Prignitz district with 147 members. The state party has a total of 5,802 members who are organized in grassroots groups (as of December 31, 2018).

The highest decision-making body is the state party congress, which is elected for two years. According to the statutes, it meets at least once a calendar year. He elects the state executive for two years, which leads the party between state party conferences. The state board consists of one or two chairpersons and up to four deputies, a state manager and a state treasurer. The members of the extended board result from the number of members of the executive board and may not exceed the total number of 18 members. There is also a state committee as an organ of the state association with advisory, control and initiative functions vis-à-vis the state board. The state committee consists of a total of 38 members, the majority from the district associations (30 places), the state-wide associations (4 places) and the state board and the youth association (2 places each).

The Left Brandenburg has several internal party associations. These can be freely formed by the members and are not official branches of the state party. The associations work independently on certain subject areas or, in the case of the Communist Platform, are a political current. In 2014 there were the following national associations:

• LAG anti-capitalist left
• LAG company & union
• LAG network EL
• FAG Specialist Working Group on Flight and Migration
• LAG Forum Democratic Socialism
• LAG history
• LAG basic income
• LAG Communist Platform
• LAG local politics
• LAG LINKE women
• LAG LINKE entrepreneurs
• LAG queer
• LAG Red Reporters
• LAG school and education
• LAG self-determined disability policy
• LAG seniors
• LAG SozialGesund
• LAG Environment
• LAG To promote a solidarity economy
• LAG welcoming culture

In addition, Linksjugend Solid Brandenburg is a state association of the recognized party-affiliated youth association of the Left with approx. 300 members.

Previous party chairman

(Until 2007 for the PDS / Left Party PDS)

Term of office	Surname
1990-1991	Heinz Vietze
1991-1993	Lothar Bisky
1993-1995	Helmuth Markov
1995-1999	Wolfgang Thiel
1999-2001	Anita Tack
2001-2005	Ralf Christoffers
2005–2012	Thomas North
2012-2014	Stefan Ludwig
2014-2018	Christian Goerke
2018-2020	Diana Golze and Anja Mayer
Since 2020	Anja Mayer and Katharina Slanina

Parliamentary group

(Until 2007 for the parliamentary groups of the PDS-LL / PDS)

Previous chair of the parliamentary group

Term of office	Surname
1990-2004	Lothar Bisky
2004-2005	Dagmar Enkelmann
2005–2012	Kerstin Kaiser
2012-2014	Christian Goerke
2014-2015	Margitta Mighty
2015-2019	Ralf Christoffers
Since 2019	Kathrin Dannenberg and Sebastian Walter

Previous Vice-Presidents of the State Parliament

Term of office	Surname
2004-2005	Lothar Bisky
2005-2009	Gerlinde Stobrawa
2009-2014	Gerrit Große

Member of Parliament

The left-wing parliamentary group is represented in the 6th state parliament of Brandenburg with a total of 17 members, 9 women and 8 men.

Parliamentary group

• Kathrin Dannenberg , parliamentary group leader, spokeswoman for education and sports policy
• Sebastian Walter , parliamentary group leader, spokesman for economic policy, energy policy, digitization and the labor market
• Thomas Domres , Parliamentary Director, Spokesperson for Environment and Climate Protection, Agriculture and Rural Development

Other group members

• Marlen Block , spokeswoman for legal and judicial policy, consumer protection and BER
• Andreas Büttner , spokesman for domestic politics, media politics and religious politics
• Bettina Fortunato , spokeswoman for social policy, women, family and equality policy, inclusion policy and senior citizens policy
• Christian Görke , spokesman for infrastructure, regional planning and spatial planning, urban development, building and transport policy, European and development policy
• Andrea Johlige , spokeswoman for local politics, migration and integration politics and anti-fascist politics
• Ronny Kretschmer , spokesman for budget and financial policy as well as health and care policy
• Isabelle Vandre , spokesperson for university, science and research policy, child, youth and cultural policy, housing and rent policy

Results of state elections

Results

State elections

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%

'90

'94

'99

'04

'09

'14

'19

Results of the state elections 1
year	be right	Seats
1990	13.4%	13
1994	18.7%	18th
1999	23.3%	22nd
2004	28.0%	29
2009	27.2%	26th
2014	18.6%	17th
2019	10.7%	10

1) Until 2004 as PDS

literature

• Roland Schirmer: The Left in Brandenburg . In: Jakob Lempp : (Ed.): Parties in Brandenburg . be.bra Wissenschaft verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-937233-48-2 , pp. 125–150.

Web links

• The Left Brandenburg
• The Left parliamentary group in the Brandenburg state parliament

Individual evidence

1. ^ DIE LINKE : membership numbers . DIE LINKE , April 13, 2019, accessed on April 13, 2019 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Report of the state executive at the 1st session of the 4th party congress, accessed on February 14, 2014 
3. ↑ http://www.dielinke-brandenburg.de/partei/dokumente/landessatzung statutes of LINKEN Brandenburg, accessed on February 14, 2014
4. ↑ http://www.dielinke-brandenburg.de/partei/struktur/lag_und_ig_plattformen/ Associations of LINKEN Brandenburg, accessed on February 14, 2014
5. ↑ [1]
6. ↑ [2]
7. ↑ [3]
8. ↑ Left parliamentary group in the Brandenburg state parliament.Retrieved on October 31, 2017.
9. ^ Results of the state elections in Brandenburg