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BSW Appoints Friederike Benda as Brandenburg State Chair

This leadership change frees the party chair from ministerial duties, enabling an accelerated membership drive across Brandenburg.

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Overview

  • The BSW state executive voted unanimously on May 28 to nominate 37-year-old Friederike Benda as successor to Robert Crumbach, with her formal election scheduled for the July 12 party congress.
  • Robert Crumbach announced his April departure as party chair, attributing his resignation to the double burden of serving simultaneously as finance minister, deputy premier and Landeschef.
  • As a close confidante of Sahra Wagenknecht and vice federal chair, Benda will spearhead the swift creation of district chapters and aims to process 1,000 membership applications by year-end.
  • The leadership handover reflects Wagenknecht’s push to separate party roles from government offices, reshaping BSW’s internal structure and public positioning.
  • Under Benda’s expanded mandate within the SPD-BSW coalition, the party plans to intensify its focus on preserving hospital sites and offering relief to energy-intensive industries.