Alexander King (born 1969 in

Tübingen Tübingen (; ) is a traditional college town, university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer (Neckar), Ammer rivers. about one in ...

) is a German politician from

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

. King is a member of

Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance – Reason and Justice ( , BSW) is a political party in Germany founded on 8 January 2024. It has been described as a left-wing to far-left party with populist and nationalist tendencies. The BSW is sceptical of g ...

, previously representing

Die Linke Die Linke (; ), also known as the Left Party ( ), is a democratic socialist political party in Germany. The party was founded in 2007 as the result of the merger of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and Labour and Social Justice – The ...

and PDS. With a short interruption, he has been a member of the

Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin The of Berlin (House of Representatives) () is the state parliament ('' Landtag'') of Berlin, Germany according to the city-state's constitution. In 1993, the parliament moved from Rathaus Schöneberg to its present house on Niederkirchnerst ...

since 2021. He has been the state chairman of the BSW Berlin since 2024.

Life

After graduating from high school in 1988, King studied geography at the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (; ), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University of Tübingen is one of eleven German Excellenc ...

and graduated. He moved to

in 2001. He received his doctorate in 2004 with a thesis on ''spatial mobility in Haiti between the paysannerie and the world market''. From 2005 to 2021 he worked as a consultant for

in the

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Political career

King was a member of the PDS from 2001. From 2016 to 2021 he served as district chairman of his party in the

Tempelhof-Schöneberg Tempelhof-Schöneberg () is the seventh borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Tempelhof and Schöneberg. Situated in the south of the city it shares borders with the boroughs of Mitte and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in ...

borough. In the

2021 Berlin state election The 2021 Berlin state election, ruled invalid in 2022 and 2023 Berlin repeat state election, repeated in 2023, was held on 26 September 2021, on the same day as the 2021 German federal election, which also had to be repeated in parts of Berlin du ...

, he ran in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg 7 constituency, but initially missed out on being elected to the

. He replaced the outgoing MP Sebastian Scheel in the legislature in December 2021. In the

2023 Berlin state election The 2023 Berlin repeat state election was held on 12 February 2023 to once again elect the 19th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin as the 2021 Berlin state election held on 26 September 2021 was declared invalid due to irregularities. Also affected were ...

, he initially missed out on being re-elected to the Abgeordnetenhaus, but replaced in the House of Representatives on 1 June 2023. In the Abgeordnetenhaus, he is a member of the Committee on Federal and European Affairs, Media and the Committee on Economic Affairs, Energy and Enterprises. On 27 October 2023, King left the Left Party and joined Sahra Wagenknecht's new party

within which he is responsible for coordinating the party's development in the

state of Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

. On 14 July 2024, he was elected co-chairman of the newly founded BSW state association. On 28 November 2023, he resigned from the Left Party in the

; he continues to be a member of the House of Representatives as an independent MP.

Memberships

King is, among others, a member of the

Aufstehen Aufstehen (German: ''Stand up'') is a left-wing collective movement founded by politician Sahra Wagenknecht in 2018. Its co-founders and participants included leading members of Germany's left-oriented parties as well as supporters from science a ...

Collection Movement, the

Friends of Nature Friends of Nature (international abbreviation: NFI, for German: Naturfreunde International) is a non-profit organisation with a background in the social democratic movement, which aims to make the enjoyment of nature accessible to the wider commu ...

of Germany, the NGO World Economy, Ecology & Development, the

Ver.di (''Verdi'' (stylized as ''ver.di''; �vɛʁdiː; English: ''United Services Trade Union'') is a German trade union based in Berlin, Germany. It was established on 19 March 2001 as the result of a merger of five individual unions and is a m ...

union, the Ethiopian Disability Aid Association, the and a supporting member of the Volkspark Lichtenrade Association.

External links

Alexander King beim Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus

Alexander King
at Abgeordnetenwatch.de

Life

Political career

Memberships

External links

References

See also