Niklas Schenker

Niklas Schenker (born 1993 in Berlin) is a German political scientist and politician from Die Linke. He has been a member of the Berlin House of Representatives since 2021.[1]

Niklas Schenker
Schenker in 2022
Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
Assumed office
4 November 2021
Personal details
Born1993
Berlin, Germany
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens

Life

Niklas Schenker was born and grew up in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.[2] He completed a bachelor's degree in social sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin and then completed a master's degree in political science at the Free University of Berlin.[3] He worked as a research assistant for Member of the German Bundestag Caren Lay.[4]

Political career

Schenker joined Die Linke in 2013. In the district assembly of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district, he served as parliamentary group leader of his party from October 2016 to October 2021. In the 2021 Berlin state election, he received a mandate via his party's state list. He was able to defend his seat in the House of Representatives in the repeat election in 2023.[5]

In the 2021-2026 legislative period, Schenker is the spokesman for rents, housing, public housing and housing subsidies, cycling and walking, and club culture for the Left Party as well as a member of the urban development, building and housing, mobility, culture and Europe committees and the subcommittee for participation management Investment controlling for construction investments.[6]

Political positions

Schenker supports the Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen and is committed to its rapid implementation following the successful referendum.[7] In an interview with the magazine Jacobin, he described the Berlin rent movement as the “most important coalition partner” in the red-green-red coalition.[8] He considers squatting to be a legitimate means of civil disobedience and calls for an end to the Berliner Linie policy.[9]

Schenker calls for further development of City West oriented towards the common good and speaks out against the construction of further high-rise buildings.[10]

References
  1. "Gewählte". Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. "Über Mich - Zur Person Niklas Schenker — Niklas Schenker | Mitglied des Abgeordnetenhauses Berlin | Sprecher für Mieten und Wohnen, Öffentlichen Wohnungsbau, Rad- und Fußverkehr und Clubkultur" (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  3. "Porträt - Revoluzzer im Bezirk" (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. "Einladung: Wem gehört die Stadt? – Linksfraktion Bochum" (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. "Gewählte Wiederholungswahl zum 19. Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin am Sonntag, dem 12. Februar 2023 (Hauptwahl vom 26.09.2021) in Berlin". wahlen-berlin.de. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  6. "Niklas Schenker, MdA" (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  7. "Niklas Schenker (LINKE): Für bezahlbaren Neubau, mehr öffentlichen Bestand und Mietenregulierung" (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  8. "»Unsere wichtigste Koalitionspartnerin ist die Mietenbewegung«". Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  9. "Leerstehende Wohnungen in der Habersaathstraße durch den Bezirk beschlagnahmen" (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  10. "City West gemeinwohlorientiert weiter planen" (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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