Eva von Angern

Eva von Angern (born 1 December 1976) is a German lawyer and politician of The Left. She has been a member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt since 2002, and chairwoman of the Left parliamentary group since December 2020. Previously, she was deputy chairwoman since 2014. She was the party's lead candidate for the 2021 state election.

Personal life Von Angern was born on 1 December 1976 in Magdeburg, East Germany. Her mother was a history teacher and her father was a policeman of Deutsche Volkspolizei. From 1983 to 1991 she attended the POS Dr. Richard Sorge, and graduated from Wilhelm-Raabe-Gymnasium in 1995. She spent time as a service employee at CinemaxX Magdeburg. Von Angern completed her study of law at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in 2001; at the end of her legal traineeship at the Naumburg Higher Regional Court, she passed the second state examination in 2005. She has worked as a lawyer in Magdeburg since 2006.

In 2014, she became deputy leader of The Left's parliamentary group. In December, she was elected co-chair of the party's Landtag group alongside incumbent Thomas Lippmann. She was confirmed as lead candidate at a party conference on 30 January 2021, winning 85.6% of votes.

The Left won 11.0% of votes in the state election, a decline of 5.3%, and remained in third place. Von Angern was elected sole chairwoman of the Left parliamentary group in the new Landtag.