Martin Schirdewan

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Martin Schirdewan MEP
Official portrait, 2024
Leader of The Left
In office 25 June 2022 – 19 October 2024 Serving with Janine Wissler
Deputy	Ates Gürpinar Lorenz Gösta Beutin Katina Schubert Jana Seppelt
Preceded by	Susanne Hennig-Wellsow
Succeeded by	Ines Schwerdtner
Leader of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 July 2019 Serving with Manon Aubry
Preceded by	Gabriele Zimmer
Member of the European Parliament for Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 November 2017
Preceded by	Fabio De Masi
Personal details
Born	(1975-07-12) 12 July 1975 (age 49) East Berlin, East Germany (now Berlin, Germany)
Political party	The Left
Children	1
Relatives	Karl Schirdewan (grandfather)
Alma mater	Free University of Berlin (Dr. rer. pol.)
Occupation	Politician Journalist Political Staffer
Website	Official website

Martin Schirdewan (born 12 July 1975) is a German journalist and politician who has been serving as co-chairman of The Left since June 2022. He has sat as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2017, and was elected co-chair of The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) parliamentary group in 2019.^[1]