Eva von Angern

Eva von Angern (born 1 December 1976) is a German lawyer and politician of The Left. She has been a member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt since 2002, and deputy chairwoman of the Left parliamentary group since 2014.[1] She is the party's lead candidate for the 2021 state election.[2]

Eva von Angern
Von Angern in 2018
Deputy Leader of The Left in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
Assumed office
2014
Member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
Assumed office
21 April 2002
ConstituencyList
Personal details
Born
Eva von Angern

(1976-12-01) 1 December 1976
Magdeburg, East Germany
Political partyThe Left (2007–present)
PDS (before 2007)
Children3

Personal life

Von Angern was born on 1 December 1976 in Magdeburg. Her mother was a history teacher and her father was a policeman. From 1983 to 1991 she attended the POS Dr. Richard Sorge, and graduated from Wilhelm-Raabe-Gymnasium in 1995. She spent time as a service employee at CinemaxX Magdeburg. Von Angern completed her study of law at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in 2001; at the end of her legal traineeship at the Naumburg Higher Regional Court, she passed the second state examination in 2005. She has worked as a lawyer in Magdeburg since 2006.[1]

Eva von Angern is non-denominational, married, and has three children. She chose to keep her maiden name after marriage, and belongs to the former noble family von Angern.[1]

Political career

Von Angern joined the Party of Democratic Socialism in 1996. She was deputy chairwoman of the Magdeburg branch of the party from 1998 to 2002, then chairwoman from 2002 to 2011. She was elected to the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt in the 2002 state election, and re-elected in 2006, 2011, and 2016.[3]

In 2014, she became deputy leader of The Left's parliamentary group.[3] In 2020, she was nominated by the party executive as their preferred lead candidate for the 2021 state election.[4] She was confirmed at a party conference on 30 January 2021, winning 85.6% of votes.[2]

References
  1. "About me". Eva von Angern.
  2. "Left goes with faction head in state election campaign". N-tv.de. 30 January 2021.
  3. "Eva von Angern". The Left Saxony-Anhalt.
  4. "Eva von Angern is set to become the top left candidate for the 2021 state election". Mdr.de. 12 July 2020.
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