Michael Leutert (born 8 August 1974) is a senior

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official, German politician ) and graduate sociologist. Since 2021, he has been Director of the German Representative Office of

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. He was a member of the

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from 2005 to 2021.

Life

After graduating from high school in Mittweida in 1993, Leutert studied sociology, political science and law at the Technical University of Chemnitz and the

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, graduating as a sociologist in 2002. Leutert is married, father of four children and lives in

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Political career

In 2005, Michael Leutert became a

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for the first time. His constituency was

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. He received his mandate via the state list of the Saxon Left Party (). He had been a member of the Budget Committee since 2005 and a member of the Audit Committee. From 2005 to 2009, he was also the chairman of the Left Party in the

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and the human rights policy spokesman of his parliamentary group. In the 18th legislative period, he was chairman of the German-Mexican Parliamentary Group. He was also a member of the supervisory board of the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ). After announcing that he would not run in the 2021 Bundestag election, he gave up his mandate as a member of the Bundestag on February 14, 2021 for a change in professional career.

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followed as his successor. Since April 2021, Leutert is the director of the German Representation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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Bundestag biography
1974 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Saxony Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag for Die Linke {{Germany-Left-politician-stub