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

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Yannis Bournous

Vice-President

SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, GR

Inger V. Johansen

Vice-President

Enhedslisten/Red-Green Alliance, Denmark

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Vincent Boulet

Vice-President

French Communist Party, FR

José Luis Centella

Vice-president

Spanish Communist Party (PCE), Spain

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Claudia Haydt

Vice-President

Lives in Tuebingen (Germany)

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Margarita Mileva

Vice-President

Bulgarian Left, BG

Jiří Hudeček

Treasurer

Levice, Czech Republic

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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

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

Luis Fazenda

Member

Bloco de Esquerda

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