Jörg Schindler

During his studies, Schindler was involved in the Socialist University Association (SHB) at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg and in the student council of the law faculty. At the University of Duisburg-Essen he was a member of the Left List and speaker for higher education policy in the General Students' Committee. Schindler was a member of the youth association JungdemokratInnen/Junge Linke; from 1999 to 2002, he was a member of its federal executive board.^[1]

Schindler joined the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in 2005. From 2007 to 2018, he was chairman of the Land Wittenberg branch of The Left and a member of the district council, where he chaired the party faction. From 2009 to 2014 he was a member of the city council of Wittenberg. He was deputy state chairman of The Left in Saxony-Anhalt until 2018.^[1][2]

Schindler stood for the Bundestag in the Dessau – Wittenberg constituency in the 2009, 2013, and 2017 federal elections, but failed to be elected each time.^[1][2] In 2009 and 2013 he placed second, winning 30.5% and 21.9% of votes respectively; in 2017 he placed third with 18.2%.

Within the party, Schindler is a member of the Socialist Left faction and was one of its federal speakers until 2018.

On 9 June 2018, Schindler was elected federal director of The Left at the Leipzig party congress. He narrowly defeated Frank Tempel for the position, winning 280 votes (48.4%) to Tempel's 277 (47.8%).^[4] He was re-elected to this position in February 2021.

• "Jörg Schindler". Joergschindler.de (in German).
• "Jörg Schindler". The Left (in German). Retrieved 6 February 2022.