Overview

• Trabert’s family said he suffered multiple severe strokes, spent months in rehabilitation, is returning home, and cannot resume his former public role.
• They added that he intends to give back the mandate soon and asked for privacy as he continues recovery.
• Under list succession, 31-year-old Lin Lindner from Trier will enter the Bundestag and plans to consult widely on priorities before setting an agenda.
• Die Linke leaders Ines Schwerdtner and Jan van Aken praised Trabert as an “Arzt der Armen” and said he would have been a strong voice for equitable health care.
• Trabert’s decades of work include founding Armut und Gesundheit in Deutschland and a 2022 run for federal president, while some coverage highlighted Lindner’s identity as trans and non-binary.