Charlotte Antonia Neuhäuser (born 25 November 1998) is a German politician from

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 ...

. She is the third-youngest member of the 21st German Bundestag, elected in the

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Charlotte Neuhäuser was born in Olpe and grew up in

Eslohe Eslohe is a municipality in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Eslohe is situated approximately 25 km south-west of Meschede. Neighbouring municipalities * Finnentrop * Lennestadt * Meschede * Schma ...

. At the age of 13, she was named Sportswoman of the Year by the Eslohe Community Sports Association. She graduated from the Benedictine Gymnasium in

Meschede Meschede () is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Hochsauerlandkreis. Education One of the five branches of South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences (also: Fachhoc ...

in 2017. Neuhäuser is studying for a

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at the

University of Paderborn Paderborn University () is a public research university in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in 1972 and 20,308 students were enrolled at the university in the winter semester 2016/2017 in 62 different degree programmes. ...

and is a research assistant with a bachelor's degree in the field of "Behavioural Economic Engineering and Responsible Management" at the . She has six years of professional experience as a precariously employed

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. Originally, she was more involved in grassroots organizations, such as the local "Alliance against the Right" and the

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. However, since she felt this didn't change anything, she joined the Left Party for the

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.Auch eine Esloherin schafft Einzug in den neuen Bundestag
WP, 1. März 2025 In the

, she ran as the Left Party's

direct candidate In Germany, a direktmandat ( ''English'': direct mandate) is a parliamentary seat that is won by the candidate who receives the most votes in a constituency in a legislative election. In the mixed-member proportional representation system used in ...

in the

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn (district), Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pade ...

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and won the fifth-largest share of first-past-the-post votes with 6.3%. The

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went to General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

Carsten Linnemann Carsten Christoffer Linnemann (born 10 August 1977) is a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2009 German federal election, ...

, but Neuhäuser entered the Bundestag via 13th place on the

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

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. She has since announced her commitment to education and labour market policy and her involvement in a committee

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at the

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Charlotte Neuhäuser
at abgeordnetenwatch.de

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Neuhäuser, Charlotte Living people 1998 births Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029 Die Linke politicians Members of the Bundestag for Die Linke 21st-century German women politicians Female members of the Bundestag Paderborn University alumni

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