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"https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.western-european-politicians.politicians-since-1945.legislators-and-party-leaders.alpha-a-to-c" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Amira Mohamed Ali, born 1980 in Hamburg, is a German politician who has co-led the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) since 2024, after serving in the Bundestag.", "snippet": "Amira Mohamed Ali, born 1980 in Hamburg, is a German politician who has co-led the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) since 2024, after serving in the Bundestag.", "node": "society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.western-european-politicians.politicians-since-1945.legislators-and-party-leaders.alpha-a-to-c", "markdown": "# Amira Mohamed Ali\n\nAmira Mohamed Ali (born 1980) is a German politician who has been co-leader of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) since January 2024; at the party congress in [Magdeburg](https://www.edgepedia.org/magdeburg) in December 2025 she was confirmed in office alongside the newly elected [Fabio De Masi](https://www.edgepedia.org/fabio-de-masi).[1](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/bsw-parteitag-name-wagenknecht-102.html) She was previously a member of the [Bundestag](https://www.edgepedia.org/bundestag) from 2017 to 2025 and co-chair of the Left parliamentary group.[2](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bsw-parteitag-magdeburg-sahra-wagenknecht-fabio-de-masi-amira-mohamed-ali-li.3349964)\n\n| Fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Party | Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW)[1](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/bsw-parteitag-name-wagenknecht-102.html) |\n| Current office | Co-leader, Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW)[1](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/bsw-parteitag-name-wagenknecht-102.html) |\n| Previous offices | Member of the Bundestag (2017–2025)[3](https://www.freitag.de/autoren/simon-zeise/bsw-chefin-amira-mohamed-ali-die-afd-ist-genauso-usa-hoerig-wie-die-cdu); co-chair of the Left parliamentary group[2](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bsw-parteitag-magdeburg-sahra-wagenknecht-fabio-de-masi-amira-mohamed-ali-li.3349964) |\n| Born | 1980, Hamburg[4](https://www.bundestag.de/services/opendata) |\n\n## Party affiliation\n\nMohamed Ali was a member of Die Linke (the Left) until October 2023.[3](https://www.freitag.de/autoren/simon-zeise/bsw-chefin-amira-mohamed-ali-die-afd-ist-genauso-usa-hoerig-wie-die-cdu) In January 2024 she became a founding member of the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW).[1](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/bsw-parteitag-name-wagenknecht-102.html) In the Bundestag she belonged to the parliamentary group Fraktion DIE LINKE. during the 19th electoral period (October 24, 2017, to October 26, 2021) and until December 2023 in the 20th electoral period, and, from February 2024, to the BSW group until the end of the term; she was elected via [Lower Saxony](https://www.edgepedia.org/lower-saxony)'s state list after contesting the [Oldenburg](https://www.edgepedia.org/oldenburg) – Ammerland constituency.[4](https://www.bundestag.de/services/opendata)\n\n## Early life and education\n\nMohamed Ali was born in Hamburg in 1980.[4](https://www.bundestag.de/services/opendata)\n\n## Career\n\nMohamed Ali entered the Bundestag in 2017 via Lower Saxony's state list after contesting the Oldenburg – Ammerland constituency, and sat with the Left parliamentary group.[3](https://www.freitag.de/autoren/simon-zeise/bsw-chefin-amira-mohamed-ali-die-afd-ist-genauso-usa-hoerig-wie-die-cdu) • [4](https://www.bundestag.de/services/opendata) Her Bundestag membership ended on March 25, 2025.[4](https://www.bundestag.de/services/opendata) She served as co-chair of the Left parliamentary group before leaving the party.[2](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bsw-parteitag-magdeburg-sahra-wagenknecht-fabio-de-masi-amira-mohamed-ali-li.3349964)\n\nIn January 2024 she was among the founding members of the BSW.[1](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/bsw-parteitag-name-wagenknecht-102.html) After founder [Sahra Wagenknecht](https://www.edgepedia.org/sahra-wagenknecht) announced she would no longer stand for the party leadership, Mohamed Ali, who had led the party alongside Wagenknecht since January 2024, was confirmed in office at the party congress in Magdeburg on December 6, 2025, and Fabio De Masi was elected as the new co-leader, with De Masi receiving 93.3 percent of delegates' votes and Mohamed Ali 82.6 percent.[1](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/bsw-parteitag-name-wagenknecht-102.html) • [2](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bsw-parteitag-magdeburg-sahra-wagenknecht-fabio-de-masi-amira-mohamed-ali-li.3349964) The only other candidate for the leadership, Dirk Hoffmeister of the BSW association in [Thuringia](https://www.edgepedia.org/thuringia), received about 13 percent of the votes.[1](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/bsw-parteitag-name-wagenknecht-102.html) At the same congress the party decided to keep the abbreviation BSW while changing its full name in autumn 2026.[1](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/bsw-parteitag-name-wagenknecht-102.html)\n\n## Electoral history\n\nAt the 2024 Thuringia state election, 15.8 percent of voters gave the BSW their votes; at the February 2025 federal election the party received 9.4 percent of the second votes in Thuringia but fell just short of the five percent threshold nationwide.[2](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bsw-parteitag-magdeburg-sahra-wagenknecht-fabio-de-masi-amira-mohamed-ali-li.3349964) • [1](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/bsw-parteitag-name-wagenknecht-102.html) At the local elections in [North Rhine-Westphalia](https://www.edgepedia.org/north-rhine-westphalia) on September 14, 2025, the party received 1.1 percent.[2](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bsw-parteitag-magdeburg-sahra-wagenknecht-fabio-de-masi-amira-mohamed-ali-li.3349964)\n\n## Issues specific to Mohamed Ali\n\nSince the BSW's failure to enter the Bundestag in February 2025, Mohamed Ali has campaigned for the federal election results to be recounted. In an interview with der Freitag she said, \"Karlsruhe werde 'hoffentlich bald die Neuauszählung der Bundestagswahl anordnen'\" (Edgepedia translation: \"Karlsruhe will hopefully soon order the recount of the federal election\"), adding, \"Wir sind aufgrund von nachgewiesenen Auszählungsfehlern nicht im Bundestag, die längst hätten korrigiert werden sollen.\" (Edgepedia translation: \"We are not in the Bundestag because of documented counting errors, which should have been corrected long ago.\")[3](https://www.freitag.de/autoren/simon-zeise/bsw-chefin-amira-mohamed-ali-die-afd-ist-genauso-usa-hoerig-wie-die-cdu) According to MDR, the BSW has so far had no success with its demand for a recount but wants to keep fighting for it.[1](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/bsw-parteitag-name-wagenknecht-102.html)\n\nAt the Magdeburg party congress, a Thuringian delegate asked Mohamed Ali whether relations between the Thuringian state association and the federal executive would improve under the new leadership. She answered that it was the responsibility of the party leadership that \"Parteilinien eingehalten werden sollen\" (Edgepedia translation: \"party lines are to be adhered to\").[2](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bsw-parteitag-magdeburg-sahra-wagenknecht-fabio-de-masi-amira-mohamed-ali-li.3349964)\n\n## Positions and voting record\n\n### The AfD and cooperation with other parties\n\nMohamed Ali has said the BSW will make politics without excluding anyone. In an NDR Info interview she said, \"Wir werden ohne Scheuklappen Politik machen\" (Edgepedia translation: \"We will make politics without blinders\"), and that the BSW aims to \"vernünftige Politik zu machen und niemanden ausgrenzen\" (Edgepedia translation: \"make sensible politics and exclude no one\").[5](https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/bsw-chefin-mohamed-ali-brandmauer-hat-die-afd-staerker-gemacht,mohamed-ali-106.html) She has said that saying no to everything the AfD proposes, only because it comes from the AfD, is recognizably the wrong path, and that the BSW was founded to stand for reason in politics.[5](https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/bsw-chefin-mohamed-ali-brandmauer-hat-die-afd-staerker-gemacht,mohamed-ali-106.html) At the same time she has said the BSW rules out a coalition with the AfD, a party \"von der uns grundlegende Dinge massiv trennen\" (Edgepedia translation: \"from which fundamental things massively separate us\"), and she has described the AfD as extremist in large parts, citing its demands for the repatriation of migrants.[5](https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/bsw-chefin-mohamed-ali-brandmauer-hat-die-afd-staerker-gemacht,mohamed-ali-106.html) On decisions in state parliaments she has said, \"Wenn ein Antrag kommt, der gut ist, dann stimmen wir dem zu. Wenn ein Antrag kommt, den wir für falsch halten, dann werden wir ihn ablehnen.\" (Edgepedia translation: \"If a motion comes that is good, we agree to it. If a motion comes that we consider wrong, we will reject it.\")[5](https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/bsw-chefin-mohamed-ali-brandmauer-hat-die-afd-staerker-gemacht,mohamed-ali-106.html) After the [Saxony-Anhalt](https://www.edgepedia.org/saxony-anhalt) state election she said, \"Diese Spaltung geht durch die gesamte Gesellschaft. Die Spaltung müssen wir überwinden, in dem wir zur Sachpolitik zurückkehren, jenseits von Parteifarben.\" (Edgepedia translation: \"This division runs through the whole society. We must overcome the division by returning to substantive policy, beyond party colors.\")[6](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen-anhalt/landtagswahl/video-1644124.html) She has proposed a nonpartisan minister-president governing with changing majorities in Saxony-Anhalt.[7](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/mohamed-ali-bsw-afd-ueberparteiliche-regierung-sachsen-anhalt-brandmauer-ueberwinden,ltw-bsw-100.html)\n\n### Migration\n\nIn the der Freitag interview Mohamed Ali said, \"Migration muss deutlich begrenzt werden, damit sie gelingen kann.\" (Edgepedia translation: \"Migration must be significantly limited so that it can succeed.\") She said people who have lived in Germany for a long time and integrated should receive a perspective to stay, that asylum procedures must be accelerated, and that people who commit serious crimes in Germany should consistently be deported, while people must not be deported to places where their life and limb are concretely threatened.[3](https://www.freitag.de/autoren/simon-zeise/bsw-chefin-amira-mohamed-ali-die-afd-ist-genauso-usa-hoerig-wie-die-cdu)\n\n### Peace and arms exports\n\nMohamed Ali has described the BSW's peace policy as part of its profile and said, \"Wir fordern ein Ende von Waffenexporten.\" (Edgepedia translation: \"We demand an end to arms exports.\") She has argued that arms exports and wars are an important cause of migration and that Germany should commit to diplomacy and negotiations again.[3](https://www.freitag.de/autoren/simon-zeise/bsw-chefin-amira-mohamed-ali-die-afd-ist-genauso-usa-hoerig-wie-die-cdu)\n\n### Climate and transport policy\n\nIn the der Freitag interview, Mohamed Ali said climate protection is necessary and climate change is real, but criticized the way it is currently pursued in Germany and the EU, which she said burdens mainly the working population. On electric cars she said they are very expensive, that charging stations remain insufficient, and that the premature exit from combustion technology contributed to the difficulties of the German auto industry.[3](https://www.freitag.de/autoren/simon-zeise/bsw-chefin-amira-mohamed-ali-die-afd-ist-genauso-usa-hoerig-wie-die-cdu)\n\n## References\n\n1. [BSW-Parteitag: Wagenknecht setzt ihre Favoriten durch](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/bsw-parteitag-name-wagenknecht-102.html)\n2. [Wagenknecht gibt Parteivorsitz auf – aber nicht ihren Einfluss](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bsw-parteitag-magdeburg-sahra-wagenknecht-fabio-de-masi-amira-mohamed-ali-li.3349964)\n3. [BSW-Chefin Amira Mohamed Ali über schlechte Umfragewerte der Wagenknecht-Partei](https://www.freitag.de/autoren/simon-zeise/bsw-chefin-amira-mohamed-ali-die-afd-ist-genauso-usa-hoerig-wie-die-cdu)\n4. [Deutscher Bundestag, member master data (MdB-Stammdaten)](https://www.bundestag.de/services/opendata)\n5. [BSW-Chefin Mohamed Ali: Brandmauer hat die AfD stärker gemacht](https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/bsw-chefin-mohamed-ali-brandmauer-hat-die-afd-staerker-gemacht,mohamed-ali-106.html)\n6. [Wahl Sachsen-Anhalt: Reaktion von Amira Mohamed Ali vom BSW](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen-anhalt/landtagswahl/video-1644124.html)\n7. [BSW-Chefin Mohamed Ali: Mit überparteilicher Regierung Brandmauer überwinden](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/mohamed-ali-bsw-afd-ueberparteiliche-regierung-sachsen-anhalt-brandmauer-ueberwinden,ltw-bsw-100.html)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Society and history › Politics and government › Government and public administration › Politicians and government officeholders (biographies) › Western European politicians › Politicians since 1945 › Legislators and party leaders › Surnames A to C*\n\n*Initially written Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed: Sep 28, 2026; Sep 29, 2026 · Edited: Sep 28, 2026; Sep 29, 2026; Oct 12, 2026 · Last review: Sep 29, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/amira-mohamed-ali", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/amira-mohamed-ali.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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