Jessica Tatti (born 22 April 1981) is a German politician (

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, former The Left). Born in

Marbach am Neckar Marbach am Neckar (, ) is a town about 20 kilometres north of Stuttgart. It belongs to the district of Ludwigsburg, the Stuttgart region and the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart. Marbach is known as the birthplace of Friedrich Schiller ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

, she was member of German

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from the state of

from 2017 to 2025. She switched party from The Left in October 2023 to "Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht".

Life

She is of Italian descent. Her grandparents hail from

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. Tatti studied social work at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in

Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a Cities of Germany, city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg (district), Lu ...

and was employed in the corresponding professional field after her bachelor's degree: In 2010, she moved to Reutlingen and initially worked in urban youth work; before her parliamentary mandate in the German Bundestag, she most recently worked in social services in refugee care for the Esslingen district association of Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO). She became member of the Bundestag after the

2017 German federal election The 2017 German federal election was held in Germany on 24 September 2017 to elect the List of members of the 19th Bundestag, members of the 19th Bundestag. At stake were at least 598 seats in the Bundestag, as well as 111 Overhang seat, overhan ...

. She is a member of the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs. In October 2023 she declared that she would quit Die Linke and follow

Sahra Wagenknecht Sahra Wagenknecht (; 16 July 1969) is a German politician. She was a member of the Bundestag from 2009 to 2025, where she represented The Left until 2023. From 2015 to 2019, she served as that party's parliamentary co-chair. With a small team ...

into her new party. Tatti rejected the demand to resign from the Bundestag mandate she had won through Die Linke. She ran as top candidate for BSW Baden-Württemberg at

2025 German Federal election The 2025 German federal election was held in Germany on 23 February 2025 to elect the 630 members of the List of members of the 21st Bundestag, 21st Bundestag, down from 736 in 2021 due to reforms in seat distribution. The 2025 election took plac ...

. The BSW received less than 5 percent and did not enter the Bundestag.

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Bundestag biography
1981 births Living people People from Marbach am Neckar Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Female members of the Bundestag 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for Die Linke Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 German people of Italian descent Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht politicians {{Germany-Left-politician-stub