Lea Reisner | |
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Member of the Bundestag fromNorth Rhine-Westphalia | |
Assumed office 2025 | |
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Born | (1989-03-09)9 March 1989 (age 36) Wiesbaden |
Political party | Die Linke |
Lea Valeska Anissia Reisner (born 9 March 1989) is a German politician fromDie Linke. In the2025 German federal election, she was elected to theGerman Bundestag via her party'sstate list inNorth Rhine-Westphalia.
Lea Reisner graduated from high school inWiesbaden in 2008. She is a nurse. Reisner worked as an operations manager and project coordinator in civilianmaritime search and rescue.[1] She describes herself as ananarchist.[2]
In the2024 European Parliament election, she was ranked 9th on the Left Party's European election list, but missed out on a seat in theEuropean Parliament. In the2025 German federal election, she ran as adirect candidate in theCologne II constituency and was nominated byThe Left North Rhine-Westphalia state association to 3rd place on the state list.[3] She received 8.6 percent of thefirst votes in the election, but was still able to enter the German Bundestag via her party'sstate list. Reisner's candidacy was supported byBrand New Bundestag [de].[4]
Lea Reisner was elected to the party's state executive committee at the state party conference of the North Rhine-Westphalia state association on November 16–17, 2024.