Maren Kaminski
Maren Kaminski | |
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 Maren Kaminski, Member of the Bundestag (2025) | |
| Member of the Bundestag from Lower Saxony | |
| Assumed office 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 February 1979 Bramsche |
| Political party | Die Linke (since 2009) |
| Other political affiliations | PDS (2002–2009) SDP (until 2002) |
| Alma mater | Leibniz University Hannover |
Maren Kaminski (born 15 February 1979) is a German politician from Die Linke. She was elected to the Bundestag in the 2025 German federal election.
Life
[edit]Kaminski studied social sciences at the Leibniz University Hannover.[1] She then became union secretary of the Education and Science Union.[2] She lives in the Linden-Limmer borough of Hanover and has a daughter.[1][2]
Political career
[edit]She was initially a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and active in the Young Socialists (Jusos).[2] As a result of the Hartz reforms of the Schröder government, she switched to the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).[2] In 2013, she ran as a mayoral candidate for The Left Party in Hanover.[2] From 2007 to 2013, she was monitored by the Lower Saxony Office for the Protection of the Constitution, which had placed an informant on her.[2][3] She is the district chairwoman of The Left Party in Hanover.
State elections
[edit]In the 2013 Lower Saxony state election, she ran as a direct candidate in the Hanover-Buchholz constituency.
She ran as a direct candidate in the Langenhagen constituency in the 2022 Lower Saxony state election.
Federal elections
[edit]In the 2005 German federal election, she ran as a direct candidate in the constituency of Hannover-Land I for Die Linke.
In the 2009 German federal election, she ran as a direct candidate in the Osnabrück City constituency for Die Linke.
In the 2025 German federal election, Kaminski ran as a direct candidate in the constituency of Hannover II and on the list position of the Die Linke Lower Saxony. She won 10,888 (5.5%) of the first votes.[4] She was elected to the Bundestag via the state list.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Elisabeth Woldt (24 February 2025). ""Achterbahn der Gefühle": Maren Kaminski (Linke) zieht als neue Abgeordnete für Hannover in den Bundestag ein". Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f Conrad von Meding/Tobias Kurz (25 February 2025). "Plötzlich im Bundestag: Maren Kaminski aus Hannover geht nach Berlin". Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ Andreas Speit (20 January 2022). "Verfassungsschutz-Beobachtung von Linken: Begründung? Fehlanzeige". Tageszeitung. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ "Results Hannover-Land II - The Federal Returning Officer". bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "6 Abgeordnete ziehen über die Landesliste für Niedersachsen in den Bundestag ein!". Die Linke Niedersachsen. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
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