Jan van Aken (politician)
Jan van Aken | |
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van Aken in 2025 | |
| Leader of The Left | |
| Assumed office 19 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Janine Wissler |
| Member of the Bundestag for Hamburg | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2025 | |
| Constituency | The Left Party List |
| In office 27 October 2009 – 24 October 2017 | |
| Constituency | The Left Party List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1961 Reinbek, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany |
| Political party | The Left (since 2007) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg (Dip, PhD) |
| Occupation | Biologist • Politician |
Jan Paul van Aken (born 1 May 1961) is a German biologist and politician. He has been co-leader of The Left since October 2024 and a member of the German Bundestag since 2025, a position he held previously from 2009 to 2017.
He is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in the German Bundestag. Van Aken entered the 17th Bundestag in 2009 after he was listed on the Left electoral lists in Hamburg. From 2009 to 2011, van Aken was the deputy chairperson for the parliamentary faction of the Left.