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Stefan Gebhardt (born 5 March 1974) is a German politician of The Left. Since 2019, he has been the leader of the party's Saxony-Anhalt branch. He has been a member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt since 1998, and a member of the Mansfeld-Südharz district council since 2007.[1]
Stefan Gebhardt | |
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_des_Landtags_von_Sachsen-Anhalt_IMG_5994_LR10_by_Stepro.jpg) Gebhardt in 2018 | |
| Leader of The Left in Saxony-Anhalt | |
| Assumed office 29 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Andreas Höppner |
| Member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2006 | |
| Constituency | Party list |
| In office 26 April 1998 – 13 May 2005 | |
| Constituency | Party list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stefan Gebhardt 5 March 1974 Wippra, East Germany |
| Political party | The Left (2007–present) PDS (before 2007) |
Personal life
editGebhardt attended Polytechnic Secondary School, and from 1990 to 1992, the Markt Hettstedt high school. This was followed by a three-year course as a nurse at the Aschersleben district hospital, which he completed in 1996. He then worked as a nurse in the same hospital until 1998.[1]
Political career
editGebhardt joined the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in 1991.[2] He was spokesman for the Hettstedt branch of the party's youth association from 1994 to 2004, and was a member of the PDS district board of Mansfelder Land from 1994 to 1998. He served on the city council of Hettstedt from 1999 to 2005. Since 2007, Gebhardt has been a member of the Mansfeld-Südharz district council.[1]
He was elected to the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt on the PDS state list in the 1998 state election. He was re-elected in 2002. In May 2005, he resigned during the course of a public prosecutor's investigation. He was returned to the Landtag in the 2006 election, and was once again re-elected in 2011 and 2016.[1]
Gebhardt is a member of the Committee on Federal and European Affairs and the Media, as well as the Committee on Education and Culture. He is also a member of the MDR Broadcasting Council and the ARD program advisory board.[1]
On 29 June 2019, Gebhardt was elected as the state chairman of The Left, winning 69.5% of votes.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Stefan Gebhardt". The Left Saxony-Anhalt.
- ^ "Stefan Gebhardt press". The Left Saxony-Anhalt.
- ^ "Party congress in Burg Die Linke elect Stefan Gebhardt as their new boss". Mz-web.de. 29 June 2019.