Katja Kipping

Katja Kipping
Senator a.D. MdL a.D. MdB a.D.
Kipping in 2020
Senator for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs of Berlin
In office
21 December 2021 – 27 April 2023
Governing MayorFranziska Giffey
Preceded byElke Breitenbach
Succeeded byCansel Kiziltepe
Leader of The Left
In office
2 June 2012 – 27 February 2021
Serving with Bernd Riexinger
Preceded byGesine Lötzsch
Succeeded byJanine Wissler
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag
for Saxony
In office
18 October 2005 – 3 January 2022
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byClara Bünger
ConstituencyThe Left List
Member of the
Landtag of Saxony
In office
13 October 1999 – 31 October 2005
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byMonika Runge
ConstituencyThe Left List
Member of the
City Council of Dresden
In office
April 1999 – December 2003
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
Personal details
Born (1978-01-18) 18 January 1978 (age 46)
Dresden, East Germany
Political partyThe Left (2007–)
Other political
affiliations
Party of Democratic Socialism (1998–2007)
Children1
Residence(s)Dresden
Berlin
Alma materDresden University of Technology
OccupationPolitician
Websitekatja-kipping.de

Katja Kipping (born 18 January 1978) is a German politician of The Left party. She was a member of the Bundestag representing Saxony from 2005 to 2021, a federal co-leader of The Left from 2012 to 2021 alongside Bernd Riexinger, and the Senator for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs in the Berlin state government from December 2021 to April 2023.