Left-wing MPs died at the age of only 56 - party colleagues mourn

Ingrid Remmers, member of the Bundestag, is dead - party colleagues share their condolences on Twitter.

The left-wing politician was only 56 years old.

Berlin - The Left * Bundestag member Ingrid Remmers died at the age of only 56.

This was confirmed by a spokesman for the parliamentary group on Tuesday of the dpa.

Several party colleagues shared their condolences on the death of the MPs on Twitter.

Federal party leader Susanne Hennig-Wellsow reminded her colleague: “Her heart was beating audibly to the left.

Now it has stopped beating.

To our great regret, Ingrid Remmers passed away. "

According to media reports, the 56-year-old had been struggling with kidney problems for a long time.

As

in an article from 2018, Remmers already needed a donor kidney at that time.

At the time, the politician turned down her daughter's offer to donate a kidney.

Giving up work was never an option for the MP: “My greatest fear was that I would be doomed to inactivity.

I love my work. ", She revealed a few years ago in the

interview.

Left MP Remmers dead - party colleagues mourn

The Thuringian Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow * also shared condolences: “Dear Ingrid, you were a committed person and you knew where the problem was.

You left too early and your voice is missing.

Thank you for your strength.

I mourn with your relatives and friends. "

The left-wing parliamentary group published a statement on Twitter: “We mourn Ingrid Remmers, who died yesterday at the age of only 56.

The parliamentary group DIE LINKE loses Ingrid, a valued and competent member, our party loses a committed comrade.

Ingrid was a wonderful person.

Together with many people, we will have fond memories of Ingrid Remmers.

We extend our deep condolences to your family. "

We mourn Ingrid Remmers, who died yesterday at the age of only 56.

The parliamentary group DIE LINKE loses Ingrid, a valued and competent member, our party loses a committed comrade.

Ingrid was a wonderful person.

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- left faction (@ left faction) August 10, 2021

Most recently, Ingrid Remmers sat for the North Rhine-Westphalian constituency of Gelsenkirchen in the Bundestag.

Born in Ibbenbüren, she was a member of the Committee for Transport and Digital Infrastructure as well as acting on behalf of the Committee for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety.