Christian Leye

Christian Leye is a German politician. He was a Member of the German Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia from 2021 to 2025.

Career

Born in Bochum, Leye has been the state chairman of Die Linke in North Rhine-Westphalia since 2016. He contested Duisburg II at the 2021 federal election. He won a seat on the party list.
Leye founded the pre-association for the new party of Sahra Wagenknecht BSW. On a press-conference on 23 October 2023 he announced that he will leave The Left and join Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht.