Elisabeth Kula (born 12 March 1990) 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 was a member of the

Landtag of Hesse The Landtag of Hesse () is the unicameral parliament of the State of Hesse in the Federal Republic of Germany. It convenes in the Stadtschloss in Wiesbaden. As a legislature it is responsible for passing laws at the state level and enacting ...

from 2019 to 2023. Since October 2021, she has been co-chair of the Left faction together with Jan Schalauske.

Life

Kula was born in

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. She studied economics at the

University of Giessen University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the German-speaking world. It is named afte ...

from 2009 to 2010 and bachelor's and master's degrees in political science at the

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg () is a public research university located in Marburg, Germany. It was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Prote ...

from 2010 to 2018 . Kula has been a member of the Die Linke party since 2012 and a member of the state executive board of Die Linke Hessen since 2014. From 2016 to 2019 she held a mandate in the

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city council. In the

2018 Hessian state election The 2018 Hessian state election was held on 28 October 2018 to elect the members of the Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and The Greens led by Minister-President Volker Bouffie ...

, she received a mandate in the Hesse state parliament. In the 20th electoral term she is a member of the Cultural Policy Committee and spokesperson for the Die Linke parliamentary group for education, youth and school policy. Kula was

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on the list for the 2023 Hessian state election. In the election The Left were wiped out falling short of the 5% threshold needed for representation. Kula is a member of

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, the Left Youth Solid, Die Linke.SDS and the Socialist Left. Kula lives with her wife in

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden (; ) is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 24th-largest city. Wiesbaden form ...

External links

Biography
at the Hesse Landtag.
Interview in der Oberhessischen Presse

Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt: Statistische Berichte. Die Landtagswahl in Hessen am 28. Oktober 2018. Vorläufige Ergebnisse, S. 20

References

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