Zada Salihović | |
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.jpg) Zada Salihovic in 2025 | |
| Member of the Bundestag forSaxony | |
| Assumed office 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (2000-03-28)28 March 2000 (age 25) |
| Party | Die Linke |
Zada Salihović (born 28 March 2000) is a German politician fromThe Left Party. She was elected as aMember of the German Bundestag in the2025 German federal election. She is the second-youngest member of the21st Bundestag.
Zada Salihović, the daughter of a Serb father and a Saxon mother, grew up in her hometown ofPirna.[1] She playedhandball as a schoolgirl. She was introduced to politics by her older sister, took part in her first demonstration at the age of 14 – againstPegida[2] – and was a youth and trainee representative at the age of 16.[3] Initially working in nursing, she took up a job as a full-time trade unionist due to poor working conditions – a member ofVer.di Jugend [de] (ver.di Youth) at the latest since April 2024.[4][5] – She is a specialist in office management.
In October 2023, she joined the Left Party and won a seat in the2025 German federal election as a supraregional candidate forLeft Youth Solid, coming fourth on the Left'sstate list inSaxony.[6] Salihović was supported by theBrand New Bundestag initiative and is a member of the Dresden Left Youth coordination group, the council of representatives of Linksjugend Sachsen, and the Dresden city executive committee. She is committed to feminist and anti-fascist activism and advocates for fair working conditions, equal opportunities policies, and the strengthening of rural areas.[7]
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