Karola Stange

Karola Stange (born Karola-Elke Unger on 27 October 1959) is a German politician of The Left who has served as a member of the Landtag of Thuringia since 2009. She has also been a member of the Erfurt city council since 1999, and unsuccessfully ran for mayor of the city in 2006 and 2018.

Personal life Stange grew up in the outskirts of Weimar where she attended the polytechnic high school in Mellingen and Lehnstedt. After completing the 10th grade in 1976, she completed an apprenticeship as a gardener at the LPG "Valley of Peace" in Kromsdorf, followed by a technical college degree at the Horticultural Engineering School in Erfurt from 1979 to 1982. narrowly retaining it for the party; it had previously been held by state chairman Bodo Ramelow. She was re-elected in 2014 with an increased majority of 36.8% of total votes, and again in 2019 with 28.9%.

Stange was the Left's candidate in Erfurt – Weimar – Weimarer Land II during the 2013 federal election. She placed third with 23.4% of votes, and was not elected.