Ruling bodies
- Presidency
- Executive Board
- Political SECRETARIAT
The Congress, upon proposal of the Council of Chairpersons, elects the EL Presidency: Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson/s.
The Chairperson represents the EL in the public sphere in the contacts with representatives of organisations and institutions, including the EU authorities, Trade Unions, non-governmental organisations and associations. The Vice-chairpersons support the Chairperson in fulfilling his/her duties.
Walter Baier
President
Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ), Austria
Walter Baier, an economist in Vienna, was elected as President of the European Left (EL) in December 2022. Walter was National Chairman of the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) from 1994 to 2006. He was an editor of the Austrian weekly Volksstimme. From 2007 – 2022 he has been a Coordinator of transform! europe, the Network of 36 organizations from 22 European countries, which is also recognized political foundation of the Party of the European Left.
Yannis Bournous
Vice-President
SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, GR
Inger V. Johansen
Vice-President
Enhedslisten/Red-Green Alliance, Denmark
Inger V. Johansen
Vice-President
Enhedslisten/Red-Green Alliance, Denmark
Co-ordinator of European Affairs Committee of the Red-Green Alliance
Pensioner and former lecturer at Cph University. PhD in modern Irish history in 2003
Vincent Boulet
Vice-President
French Communist Party, FR
José Luis Centella
Vice-president
Spanish Communist Party (PCE), Spain
José Luis Centella
Vice-president
Spanish Communist Party (PCE), Spain
José Luis Centella Gómez was born on 31 July 1958 in Cordoba, a teacher by profession, involved between 1978 and 1987 in pedagogical renewal movements, joined the PCE in 1975, still in hiding, has held leadership positions in the PCE, in Izquierda Unida and in the PIE, in the institutional sphere he has been a Councillor, He is currently President of the PCE, Vice-President of the PIE and member of the Coordination of the European Forum of Green, Progressive and European Left Forces and is responsible for the area of Geopolitics of the Patrice Lumumba International Peace and Solidarity Association.
He has written several books and articles on the Cuban Revolution, Socialism in the 21st century, the reality of the People’s Republic of China today and geopolitics.
Claudia Haydt
Vice-President
Lives in Tuebingen (Germany)
She studied sociology and science of religions. Her political focus is on peace, social, human rights and transport policy.
She was a city councillor and district councillor in Tuebingen, is active as general secretary of the Left Party in Baden-Württemberg and is the author of numerous peace policy publications.
Margarita Mileva
Vice-President
Bulgarian Left, BG
Jiří Hudeček
Treasurer
Levice, Czech Republic
Jiří Hudeček
Treasurer
Levice, Czech Republic
Born: 1953
Profession: Biochemist, university professor
Political life: 2004-2022 EL ExB member, coordinator of the Comission on Statute, 2023 – EL Treasurer
1992 – founding member of Levice (Left; then Levý blok and later SDS), chair (1998-2002) and vice(co)-chair
1994 -2016 Prague district assembly elected member
Other: chair of Trade Union basic organization
various activities in professional life (Czech Accreditation Authority for Universities, Czech Grant Agency, Biochemical Society Bulletin – editor-in-chief, Faculty Academic Senate, etc.)
The Executive Board consists of the Chairperson and Vice-chairpersons, the treasurer and further members elected on the basis of a key of two persons from each member party by the Congress at a gender-quoted basis.
The Executive Board carries out the decisions on the basis and orientations of the Congress and General Assembly and in accordance with the Council of Chairpersons.
Is responsible for organizing the daily work of the EL and determining the political guidelines of the EL between the General Assembly meetings. It proposes, plans and convenes political initiatives, for the EL, convenes conferences or thematic meetings.
Carina Karner
Partner
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Ilknur Baser
Member
SOL Party, TR
Oguz Turkylimaz
Member
SOL Party, TR
Arne Stare
Member
Levica, SI
Valentina Škafar
Member
Levica, SI
Vasilache Virginia Viorica
Member
Romanian Socialist Party, RO
Vasile Marian Daniel
Member
Romanian Socialist Party, RO
Murray Smith
Member
Déi Lénk, LU
Ana Correia
Member
Déi Lénk, LU
Frédéric Bocarra
Member
French Communist Party, FR
Hélène Bidard
Member
French Communist Party, FR
Marta Martín
Member
Communist Party of Spain, ES
Nerea Fernández
Member
United Left, ES
Arnau Piqué
Member
United and Alternative Left (Catalonia), ES
Marika Tändler-Walenta
Member
Die Linke, DE
Janis Ehling
Member
Die Linke, DE
Françoise Michel
Member
Mouvement des communistes de Wallonie-Bruxelles
Stéphane Mansy
Member
Mouvement des communistes de Wallonie-Bruxelles
Kate Hudson
Member
Left Unity, UK
Doug Thorpe
Member
Left Unity, UK
Roman Cucela
Member
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, Czech Republic
The Political Secretariat carries out the decisions of the EL organs. It consists of the members elected on the basis of proposal by the Council of Chairpersons by the Executive Board.
In particular it is responsible for: supporting the Presidency; executing the decisions and respective orders of the Executive Board; supporting the EL working groups; maintaining the contact of the EL with the Parliamentarian Groups in which there will be deputies of Left parties in the EP and other European /international institutions; securing transparency of all political work.
Eleonora Forenza
Member
Communist Refoundation Party, IT
Ismael González
Member
Izquierda Unida, ES
Lefteris Kretsos
Member
SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, GR
Valentina Škafar
Member
Levica, SI
Hélène Bidard
Member
French Communist Party, FR
Maite Mola
Member
Communist Party of Spain, ES
Attila Vajnai
Member
Workers' Party of Hungary 2006, HU
Waltraud Fritz-Klackl
Member
KPOe - Communist Party of Austria, AT