Jan Köstering
Jan Köstering | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2025 | |
| Constituency | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 October 1997 Ratingen, Germany |
| Political party | The Left |
| Website | jan-koestering |
Jan Tobias Köstering (born 22 October 1997) is a German politician and member of the Bundestag.[1] A member of The Left, he has represented North Rhine-Westphalia since March 2025.
Köstering was born on 22 October 1997 in Ratingen.[1][2] He was educated at the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Gymnasium in Ratingen.[3] He was a member of the Young Socialists in the SPD (Jusos).[3] He graduated from high school in 2016 and moved to Nümbrecht.[3] He is a mechatronics engineer.[4][5] He is a member of Rote Hilfe e.V., Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime – Federation of Antifascists (VVN-BdA), Unser Oberberg ist bunt and IG Metall.[6]
Köstering joined The Left in 2017 and is a member of the party's state executive in North Rhine-Westphalia.[5][7] He is a member of the Nümbrecht Municipal Council, Oberberg District Council and the part's spokesman in Oberberg.[4][5][6] He contested the 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election but the party failed to win any seats in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia.[2][6] He was The Left's candidate in Oberbergischer Kreis (constituency 98) at the 2025 federal election but was not elected.[8] He was however elected to the Bundestag on The Left's state list in North Rhine-Westphalia.[4][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Abgeordnete - Jan Tobias Köstering" (in German). Berlin, Germany: Bundestag . Archived from the original on 28 February 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Kreisverband der Linken Oberberg bestätigt Kandidaten für die Landtagswahl 2022" (in German). Gummersbach, Germany: The Left Oberberg Branch. 3 October 2021. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ a b c Sauer, Florian (6 February 2025). "Jan Köstering aus Nümbrecht will ein Kümmerer sein". Kölnische Rundschau (in German). Cologne, Germany. Archived from the original on 14 February 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ a b c Sauer, Florian (24 February 2025). "Nümbrechter Jan Köstering (Linke) ist unterwegs von Oberberg nach Berlin". Kölnische Rundschau (in German). Cologne, Germany. Archived from the original on 24 February 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ a b c Neuser, Kerstin (25 February 2025). "Wer ist gewählt? Diese 4 Männer und 1 Frau vertreten das Bergische Land in Berlin". Remscheider General-Anzeiger (in German). Remscheid, Germany. Archived from the original on 3 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ a b c "Bewerbung für den Landesvorstand" (PDF) (in German). Düsseldorf, Germany: The Left North Rhine-Westphalia Branch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Vorstand" (in German). Gummersbach, Germany: The Left Oberberg Branch. Archived from the original on 13 January 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Bundestag election 2025: Elected candidates - Elected candidates 'K'". Wiesbaden, Germany: Federal Returning Officer. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Bundestag election 2025: Elected candidates - Nordrhein-Westfalen". Wiesbaden, Germany: Federal Returning Officer. Archived from the original on 28 February 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
