23 Facts About Janine Wissler

Janine Wissler was one of The Left's lead candidates for the 2021 German federal election, alongside Dietmar Bartsch.

Janine Wissler then completed a degree in political science from 2001 to 2012 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.

Janine Wissler is a member of the Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and for Citizens' Action and the trade union ver.

At its founding congress, Janine Wissler was elected as one of the 44 members of the party executive committee.

Janine Wissler retained her seat in the 2009,2013, and 2018 elections.

Janine Wissler was deputy leader of the parliamentary group from 2008 to 2009, then became co-leader of the group alongside Willi van Ooyen in February 2009.

In 2011, Janine Wissler became leader of the Left party's local branch in the Hessian city of Frankfurt am Main.

Janine Wissler ran for mayor of Frankfurt am Main in the 2012 and 2018 elections.

At the 2014 Left party congress, Janine Wissler was elected one of six federal deputy leaders.

Janine Wissler received the highest proportion of votes of any candidate.

In January 2020, Janine Wissler was among several politicians who received death threats from "NSU 2.0", a purported successor of neo-Nazi terrorist group the National Socialist Underground.

Janine Wissler was subject to further threats in July 2020.

In September 2020, Janine Wissler announced her candidacy for the federal co-leadership of The Left.

On 2 May 2021, Janine Wissler was announced as one of The Left's lead candidates for the 2021 German federal election, alongside Dietmar Bartsch.

Janine Wissler was elected to the Bundestag in first place on the state party list.

Janine Wissler was elected in the first ballot with 319 votes, but was challenged by several candidates, including Heidi Reichinnek, who won 199 votes.

Janine Wissler is considered a member of her party's left wing.

Janine Wissler has stated that a classless society cannot be achieved through parliaments or governments, and that historical progress has always been achieved through revolution.

Janine Wissler was aged 26 upon her election to the Landtag, and quickly attracted a high profile for her rapid advancement at a young age, as well as her controversial positions.

Janine Wissler was portrayed as a contrast to then-Minister-President of Hesse Roland Koch, a noted conservative from the right wing of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

Janine Wissler was accused of "falsifying history" by members of the Social Democratic Party after claiming that Social Democrats were responsible for the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht.

At demonstrations against the opening of the Seat of the European Central Bank on 18 March 2015, Janine Wissler worked as a parliamentary observer and accompanied the Italian rainbow group.

Janine Wissler claimed that she only learned about an affair between her partner and the alleged victim after the latter turned 18, and that she had heard no claims of abuse at the time.