Jan van Aken | |
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| Leader of The Left | |
| Assumed office 19 October 2024 Serving with Ines Schwerdtner | |
| Preceded by | Janine Wissler |
| Member of the Bundestag for Hamburg | |
| In office 27 October 2009 – 24 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Norman Paech |
| Succeeded by | Fabio De Masi |
| Constituency | The Left Party List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1961 Reinbek, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | The Left (2007–present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
| Occupation | Biologist • Politician |
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Jan Paul van Aken (born 1 May 1961) is a German biologist and a politician. He has been co-leader of The Left since October 2024.[1] He was member of German Bundestag 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. Jan van Aken entered the 17th Bundestag in 2009 after he was listed on the Left electoral lists in Hamburg.[1] From 2009 until 2011 Jan van Aken was the deputy chairperson for the parliamentary faction of the Left.
- ^ a b "Bundestagswahl: "Politik findet nicht nur im Bundestag statt"". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2018.