Uwe Foullong (born 29 September 1957) is a

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politician and member of the

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. A member of The Left, he has represented North Rhine-Westphalia since 2025. Foullong was born on 29 September 1957 in

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. He graduated from Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium, Neuss in 1978 and trained to be a

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at the

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(BfG) in

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from 1978 to 1980. He was a customer service representative at BfG Berlin from 1980 to 1981. He studied economics at

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from 1981 to 1987 on a

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from Hans-Böckler-Stiftung. Foullong was the secretary of the

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(HBV)'s main board in 1987. He worked in the union's Department of Rationalization / Humanization of Work from 1987 to 1988. From 1988 to 2001 he held various roles in the union's activities in the banking sector. The HBV merged with other unions to form

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 ...

in 2001 since when Foullong has been head of the Co-ordination Department at ver.di. He was a member of the union's federal executive board from 2004 to 2011. Foullong was a member of the

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from 1983 to 2017 before joining The Left in December 2023. He was The Left's candidate in Bottrop – Recklinghausen III (constituency 124) at the 2025 federal election but was not elected. He was however elected to the

on The Left's

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. Foullong is married, has three children and lives in Bottrop-Kirchhellen.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Foullong, Uwe 1957 births Free University of Berlin alumni German trade unionists Living people Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029 Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Members of the Bundestag for Die Linke People from Bottrop