Niklas Schenker
Niklas Schenker | |
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 Schenker in 2025 | |
| Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin | |
| Assumed office 4 November 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1993 (age 32–33) |
| Party | Die Linke |
Niklas Schenker (born 1993 in Berlin) is a German political scientist and politician from Die Linke. He has been a member of the Berlin House of Representatives since 2021.[1]
Life
[edit]Niklas Schenker was born and grew up in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.[2] He completed a bachelor's degree in social sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin and then completed a master's degree in political science at the Free University of Berlin.[3] He worked as a research assistant for Member of the German Bundestag Caren Lay.[4]
Political career
[edit]Schenker joined Die Linke in 2013. In the district assembly of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district, he served as parliamentary group leader of his party from October 2016 to October 2021. In the 2021 Berlin state election, he received a mandate via his party's state list. He was able to defend his seat in the House of Representatives in the repeat election in 2023.[5]
In the 2021-2026 legislative period, Schenker is the spokesman for rents, housing, public housing and housing subsidies, cycling and walking, and club culture for the Left Party as well as a member of the urban development, building and housing, mobility, culture and Europe committees and the subcommittee for participation management Investment controlling for construction investments.[6]
In the 2025 German federal election, he was the Die Linke candidate in Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf but was not elected.[7]
Political positions
[edit]Schenker supports the Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen and is committed to its rapid implementation following the successful referendum.[8] In an interview with the magazine Jacobin, he described the Berlin rent movement as the “most important coalition partner” in the red-green-red coalition.[9] He considers squatting to be a legitimate means of civil disobedience and calls for an end to the Berliner Linie policy.[10]
Schenker calls for further development of City West oriented towards the common good and speaks out against the construction of further high-rise buildings.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Gewählte". Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ↑ "Über Mich - Zur Person Niklas Schenker — Niklas Schenker | Mitglied des Abgeordnetenhauses Berlin | Sprecher für Mieten und Wohnen, Öffentlichen Wohnungsbau, Rad- und Fußverkehr und Clubkultur" (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ↑ "Porträt - Revoluzzer im Bezirk" (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ "Einladung: Wem gehört die Stadt? – Linksfraktion Bochum" (in German). Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ "Gewählte Wiederholungswahl zum 19. Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin am Sonntag, dem 12. Februar 2023 (Hauptwahl vom 26.09.2021) in Berlin". wahlen-berlin.de. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ↑ "Niklas Schenker, MdA" (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ↑ "Wahlkreis Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf: Wahlergebnisse der Bundestagswahl 2025 im Überblick". augsburger-allgemeine (in German). 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ↑ "Niklas Schenker (LINKE): Für bezahlbaren Neubau, mehr öffentlichen Bestand und Mietenregulierung" (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ "»Unsere wichtigste Koalitionspartnerin ist die Mietenbewegung«". Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ "Leerstehende Wohnungen in der Habersaathstraße durch den Bezirk beschlagnahmen" (in German). Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ "City West gemeinwohlorientiert weiter planen" (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
External links
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of members of the 19th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (2021–2023)
- List of members of the 19th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (2023–2026)
