Sören Pellmann
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Sören Pellmann | |
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 Pellmann in 2025 | |
| Leader of The Left in the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 20 February 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Dietmar Bartsch |
| Whip | Christian Görke |
| Member of the Bundestag for Leipzig II | |
| Assumed office 24 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Feist |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 February 1977 |
| Party | The Left |
Sören Pellmann (born 11 February 1977 in Leipzig, East-Germany) is a German politician who represents The Left. Pellmann has served as a member of the Bundestag from Leipzig II in the state of Saxony since 2017.[1] Since 2024, he has been serving as the Leader of The Left Group in the Bundestag, alongside Heidi Reichinnek.
Pellmann was born in Leipzig, Saxony. His father was the historian and SED-, later PDS-politician Dietmar Pellmann. He graduated at the Polytechnic Secondary School " „Adolf Hennecke“ and then the Lichtenberg-Gymnasium in Leipzig-Grünau, where he passed his Abitur in 1995. This was followed by community service with the city of Leipzig in a home for severely and multiply handicapped children and young people. During his law studies at the University of Leipzig, he worked for Barbara Höll and Heidemarie Lüth, who were members of the German Bundestag at the time. Subsequently, he studied to become a teacher for special schools with a focus on education for the mentally handicapped and education for the learning disabled until 2009. He completed his subsequent legal clerkship at the "Adolph Diesterweg" Learning Special School in Leipzig and at the "Schule Rosenweg" Special School for the Mentally Handicapped in Leipzig.[2]
