Stella Merendino

Ottavia Stella Merendino (born 8 April 1994) is a German politician. She is a member of the Left Party and was elected to the Bundestag in the 2025 German federal election.

Life Stella Merdendino was born on 8 April 1994, in Gdańsk, Poland. Her mother is Polish and her father is Italian. Merendino worked as a nurse in the emergency room at . As a nurse, she was active in the ver.di union campaign for more staff in the emergency room (Tarifvertrag Entlastung). In 2021, she began a part-time degree programme in "Advanced Clinical Nursing with a Focus on Emergency Nursing".

Political life In 2023, Stella Merendino joined Die Linke after attacks on nursing staff at her hospital. She sees housing as a fundamental right, and demands that rents be reduced, and that a nationwide rent cap be introduced. Her candidacy was supported by Brand New Bundestag.