Anja Eichhorn and Marco Böhme are the new duo at the head of the Saxon Left Party. They were elected chairpersons of the state association at the party conference in Leipzig, replacing Susanne Schaper and Stefan Hartmann.
Eichhorn was previously deputy chairperson. The art historian comes from the district of Zwickau. Böhme, an urban and regional planner, grew up in Leipzig and was a member of the Saxon state parliament for ten years. The two stood as a team for the election of the dual leadership and prevailed against former state parliament member Marika Tändler-Walenta and Bautzen district chairman Silvio Lang.
