Christin Willnat
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|3 April 1986|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Brandenburg an der Havel
| alma_mater = University of Potsdam
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Christin Willnat (born 3 April 1986) is a German politician from Die Linke. She was elected to the Bundestag in the 2025 German federal election.
Life
Christin Willnat was born in 1986, the daughter of a saleswoman and a tram driver in Brandenburg an der Havel.{{cite web |access-date=2025-03-02 |author=Andreas Fritsche |date=2025-02-28 |title=Christin Willnat: Das Arbeiterkind |type=Eine Patchwork-Mutti aus der Platte kommt ins Parlament |url=https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1189433.linke-christin-willnat-das-arbeiterkind.html |website=nd-aktuell}} After 10th grade, Willnat began an apprenticeship as a retail clerk and was fired in the third year of her apprenticeship.{{Cite book |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/potsdam/brandenburg/sie-wurden-gewahlt-diese-brandenburger-haben-es-in-den-bundestag-geschafft-13246171.html |title=Nach der Bundestagswahl: Diese 21 Brandenburger haben es in den Bundestag geschafft |issn=1865-2263}} She was unemployed for a year and a half before she was able to obtain her vocational qualification. She later also obtained her Abitur (university entrance qualification). She then studied Interdisciplinary Russian Studies at the University of Potsdam. Christin Willnat is the mother of four children and lives in Brandenburg an der Havel.{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-26 |author=Milena Wurmstädt |date=2025-02-13 |language=de |title=Direktkandidaten-Check im Wahlkreis 60: Christin Willnat (Linke) |url=https://www.maz-online.de/lokales/potsdam/direktkandidaten-check-im-wahlkreis-60-christin-willnat-linke-TI4SZOFWKFFYLIB4CBD53JGIOM.html}} Willnat works as an integration assistant and translator.
= Political career =
In 2019, Willnat joined the Left Party. Within the party, she became party chairwoman of Brandenburg an der Havel in 2019. There, she campaigned for better education and local transport in Brandenburg an der Havel.{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-26 |author=André Wirsing |date=2024-06-08 |language=de |title=Brandenburg an der Havel: Die Linken sorgen sich um die Schüler und um die Nutzer des Nahverkehrs |url=https://www.maz-online.de/lokales/brandenburg-havel/brandenburg-an-der-havel-die-linken-sorgen-sich-um-die-schueler-und-um-die-nutzer-des-nahverkehrs-5CJJATHA6ZCELJNWPFULOKXNA4.html}} In November 2024, she was elected with 100% of the vote to one of the two district executives of the Left Party in Brandenburg an der Havel.{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-26 |language=de |title=Linke wählen neuen Kreisvorstand |url=https://www.meetingpoint-stadtnachrichten.de/neuigkeiten/artikel/180442-linke-waehlen-neuen-kreisvorstand}} In December 2024, she was chosen as a direct candidate for the Left Party in Brandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I.{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-26 |language=de |title=Christin Willnat als Bundestagskandidatin der Linken gewählt |url=https://www.meetingpoint-brandenburg.de/neuigkeiten/artikel/182678-christin-willnat-als-bundestagskandidatin-der-linken-gewaehlt}} In the federal election of February 2025, Willnat was elected to the Bundestag via the Brandenburg state list.
External links
- [https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/W/willnat_christin-1048144 Christin Willnat] auf bundestag.de
References
{{Members of the 21st Bundestag}}
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Category:Die Linke politicians
Category:Members of the Bundestag for Brandenburg
Category:Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029
Category:21st-century German women politicians
Category:Female members of the Bundestag