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Stefan Gebhardt
Stefan Gebhardt (born 5 March 1974) is a German politician of The Left. Since 2019, he has been the leader of the party's Saxony-Anhalt branch. He has been a member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt since 1998, and a member of the Mansfeld-Südharz district council since 2007. Personal life Gebhardt attended Polytechnic Secondary School, and from 1990 to 1992, the Markt Hettstedt high school. This was followed by a three-year course as a nurse at the Aschersleben district hospital, which he completed in 1996. He then worked as a nurse in the same hospital until 1998. Political career Gebhardt joined the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in 1991. He was spokesman for the Hettstedt branch of the party's youth association from 1994 to 2004, and was a member of the PDS district board of Mansfelder Land from 1994 to 1998. He served on the city council of Hettstedt from 1999 to 2005. Since 2007, Gebhardt has been a member of the Mansfeld-Südharz district council. He was elected to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left (Germany)
Die Linke (; ), also known as the Left Party ( ), is a Democratic socialism, democratic socialist List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. The party was founded in 2007 as the result of the merger of the Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany), Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative. Through the PDS, the party is the direct descendant of the Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist ruling party of former East Germany, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). Since October 2024, The Left's co-Chair (officer), chairpersons have been Ines Schwerdtner and Jan van Aken (politician), Jan van Aken. The party holds 64 seats out of 630 in the German federal parliament (the Bundestag), having won 8.8% of votes cast in the 2025 German federal election. Its parliamentary group is the second-smallest of seven in the Bundestag, and is headed by parliamentary co-leaders Heidi Reichinnek and Sören Pellmann. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Saxony-Anhalt State Election
The 1998 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 26 April 1998 to elect the members of the 3rd Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent government was a minority coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Reinhard Höppner, supported by the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered major losses, mostly to the national conservative German People's Union (DVU). The Greens fell out of the Landtag. After the election, the SPD formed a new minority government alone with the support of the PDS, and Höppner continued in office. Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. Election result , - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Social Democratic Party (SPD) , align= 536,501 , align= 35.9 , align= 1.9 , align= 47 , align= 11 , align= 40.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
