Janine Wissler


Janine Wissler is a politician in the parliament for the State of Hesse in Germany. She is the parliamentary leader of The Left Party in the State parliament.

Education and personal life

Ms. Wissler received her Abitur in 2001. From 2001 until 2012 she enrolled as a student with the University of Frankfurt and received a Diplom degree in politics.
Her thesis topic was "Liberalization and remunicipalisation of the energy sector." "

Career

She has been a member of the state Parliament since 5 April 2008. From 5 April 2008 until 2 February 2009 Wissler was the vice parliamentary leader for her party's group. On 3 February 2009 she became the parliamentary group leader. From 10 May 2014 onwards, she was elected as a vice chairperson of her party.
Wissler ran for Frankfurt am Main mayor in 2012 and 2018.
She was elected to be her party's front runner for the Hessian state election in October 2018. The party gained 3 additional seats in the Landtag of Hesse, rising from 6 seats to 9 seats, while also increasing its vote share by 1.1%, from 5.2% to 6.3%.