Katharina Slanina (born 30 May 1977) is a German politician (Die Linke). She has been the state chairwoman of The Left Brandenburg since 2020 and the association council chairwoman of People's Solidarity Brandenburg since 2023 .

Katharina Slanina (2022)

Life

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Slanina studied legal science at the Humboldt University of Berlin and has a degree in business administration (FH). She works as a lawyer and was initially a human resources officer and then head of human resources until her appointment as parliamentary group manager of the Left Party in the Bundestag on March 1, 2022.[1] She held this position until the parliamentary group was dissolved on December 6, 2023. Before that, she worked in various investigative committees in the Brandenburg state parliamentary group.[2]

In addition to her position as state chairwoman of the Left Party in Brandenburg, Slanina is also deputy district chairwoman of the Left Party in Barnim.[3] From 2016 to 2020, she was a member of the state arbitration commission of her state association for four years. In 2019, she ran for full-time mayor of Schorfheide and lost to the mayoral candidate of the Schorfheide Alliance by a margin of 29 votes.[4]

In November 2023, she was elected chairwoman of the Association Council of People's Solidarity Brandenburg State Association.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Leitende Angestellte der Fraktion DIE LINKE bestätigt". Fraktion Die Linke im Bundestag. 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  2. ^ "Anja Mayer und Katharina Slanina führen Brandenburgs Linke" (in German). Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  3. ^ "Katharina Slanina" (in German). DIE LINKE. Brandenburg. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  4. ^ "Wilhelm Westerkamp neuer Bürgermeister von Schorfheide - Groß Schönebeck - Bürgerverein WIR für Groß Schönebeck / Schorfheide e.V." Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  5. ^ "Katharina Slanina als neue Verbandratsvorsitzende gewählt". Volkssolidarität Brandenburg. 2023-11-22. Retrieved 2023-12-22.