Jan Köstering
German politician (born 1997)
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Jan Tobias Köstering (born 22 October 1997) is a German politician and member of the Bundestag.[1] A member of The Left, he has represented North Rhine-Westphalia since March 2025.
Jan Köstering | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2025 | |
| Constituency | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 October 1997 Ratingen, Germany |
| Party | The Left |
| Website | jan-koestering |
Köstering was born on 22 October 1997 in Ratingen.[1][2] He was educated at the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Gymnasium in Ratingen.[3] He was a member of the Young Socialists in the SPD (Jusos).[3] He graduated from high school in 2016 and moved to Nümbrecht.[3] He is a mechatronics engineer.[4][5] He is a member of Rote Hilfe e.V., Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime – Federation of Antifascists (VVN-BdA), Unser Oberberg ist bunt and IG Metall.[6]
Köstering joined The Left in 2017 and is a member of the party's state executive in North Rhine-Westphalia.[5][7] He is a member of the Nümbrecht Municipal Council, Oberberg District Council and the part's spokesman in Oberberg.[4][5][6] He contested the 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election but the party failed to win any seats in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia.[2][6] He was The Left's candidate in Oberbergischer Kreis (constituency 98) at the 2025 federal election but was not elected.[8] He was however elected to the Bundestag on The Left's state list in North Rhine-Westphalia.[4][9]