Bodo Ramelow (born February 16, 1956 in Osterholz-Scharmbeck) is a German politician of the Left Party. He is deputy chairman of his party's group in the Bundestag. The former chairman of the labor union HBV, Ramelow was elected into the Landtag in the Free State of Thuringia in 1999 as a member of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS; since renamed the Left Party). Wikipedia
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