Katja Kipping retires after eight years from the party leadership of the left. As the federal office, the Berlin Karl-Liebknecht-Haus, confirmed, Kipping does not want to be again at the end of October Chairperson to run. She announced her decision in a letter to the party committees, said a spokeswoman. Together with Bernd Riexinger, Kipping took over the chairmanship of the party in 2012. According to the statutes, no party office should be held by the same member for more than eight years.
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