15 Facts About Martina Renner

Martina Renner was born on 11 March 1967 and is a German politician of The Left who has been a member of the Bundestag since 2013 and one of six deputy leaders of her party since 2018.

Martina Renner then studied philosophy, cultural studies, art studies, and biology at the University of Bremen from 1987 to 1995.

Martina Renner was a member of the board of the General Students' Committee there from 1993 to 1995.

Martina Renner grew up in the Gonsenheim neighbourhood of Mainz, where both the far-right extremist Aid Organisation for National Political Prisoners and neo-Nazi activists Ursula and Curt Muller were active.

Martina Renner was the party's lead candidate in the 1999 Bremen state election, but they did not win any seats.

In 2002, Martina Renner became a research assistant to the PDS parliamentary group in the Landtag of Thuringia.

Martina Renner was elected to the Landtag in the 2009 Thuringian state election and became deputy chair of The Left faction, as well as spokeswoman for domestic policy.

Martina Renner was third on The Left's state list in the 2013 German federal election and was elected to the Bundestag.

Martina Renner was re-elected to the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election as the lead candidate in Thuringia.

Martina Renner is representative of The Left on the Board of Trustees of the Federal Agency for Civic Education.

In June 2018, Martina Renner was elected as one of six deputy federal leaders of The Left.

Martina Renner was re-elected to the position in January 2021.

On 26 September 2019, Martina Renner received a call to order from vice-president of the Bundestag Wolfgang Kubicki for wearing an Antifa sticker on her lapel while speaking in opposition to a motion introduced by the AfD calling to outlaw Antifa.

Martina Renner regularly consults professional anti-fascist publications and research networks, such as the Antifa-Infoblatt or apabiz, when writing on the topics of extremism, civil rights, and democracy.

In November 2024 Martina Renner announced, that she will not seeking re-election for Bundestag in February 2025.