Klaus Ernst

Klaus Ernst
Ernst in 2022
Member of the German Bundestag
In office
18 October 2005  23 February 2025
ConstituencyBavaria
Personal details
Born (1954-11-01) 1 November 1954
Munich, Bavaria, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partyBSW (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations
SPD (1974–2004)
WASG (2005–2007)
The Left (2007–2023)

Klaus Ernst (born 1 November 1954) is a German politician and was a leading member of the Labour and Social Justice Party, later The Left and switched to BSW in October 2023.

He is political economist has served as a member of The Left in the Bundestag since 2005, and as of 2010 had been co-chairing the party together with Gesine Lötzsch.