Ines Schwerdtner
Ines Schwerdtner | |
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Schwerdtner in 2025 | |
| Leader of The Left | |
| Assumed office 19 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Schirdewan |
| Member of the Bundestag for Berlin-Lichtenberg | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Gesine Lötzsch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 August 1989 Werdau, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany (present-day Saxony, Germany) |
| Political party | The Left (2023–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
| Occupation | Journalist • Politician |
Ines Schwerdtner (born 26 August 1989) is a German journalist and politician. She has been co-leader of The Left since October 2024. She was previously editor-in-chief of the German-language edition of the socialist magazine Jacobin from 2019 to 2023. She joined The Left in August 2023 and ran for the 2024 European Parliament election, but was not elected. In the 2025 federal election her party increased its vote share and seat count, and she became a member of the Bundestag.