Education
Leipzig University.
Leipzig University.
The party was renamed SED-PDS in 1989, PDS in 1990 and Die Linkspartei.PDS in 2005. In 2007 it merged with WASG to form Die Linke. She was chairwoman of then-PDS from 2000 to 2003.
From 1990 to 1998, she was chairwoman of the PDS at the regional level in Thuringia.
Other political functions:
1990-1998 Chairperson of PDS in Thuringia
1996–2000 Vice Chairwoman of PDS
1999–2000 Chairwoman of PDS in the Thuringian Parliament
2000-2003 Chairwoman of PDS
2012- Chair of Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left.
She has been a member of the East German communist party, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and its successors, continuously since 1981.
European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs]
From October 1990 until July 2004 she has been a member of the Landtag of Thuringia. Since 1995 Member of the PDS Executive Board
2004- Member of the European Parliament.