déi Lénk has many faces and is a diverse movement. We have no party presidency, no professional politicians and no hierarchy. Our people who represent us externally are our two spokespersons. And our people who decide the political orientation of the Left together, are represented in the National Coordination (NAKO).
Spokespeople
Gary Diderich
Gary Diderich is 40 years old and grew up in Differdange where he lives with his 2 kids. He had his first political involvement at the age of 16 with the youth section of the major environmental NGO “Mouvement Ecologique”. He studied Philosophy and in parallel, from 2002 to 2017 he worked for an association that he co-founded in order to foster social change through non-formal education. Today, Gary is also active in a housing project that develops alternative forms of affordable housing.
Since 2016 he is one of déi Lénk’s two spokespeople. From 2011 to 2020 he was a city councillor in Differdange.
Carole Thoma
Carole Thoma was born in 1990. She grew up in Dudelange, where she still lives today. She studied civil engineering in Kaiserslautern and has been working as a bridge engineer in Luxembourg for 5 years. She became a member of déi Lénk in 2011 during her studies. She first worked in the newly created section in Dudelange, after which she became politically involved at the national level. Since 2015, she has been co-spokesperson for déi Lénk.
In addition to politics, Carole is also a trade unionist. As a student, she became a member of the OGBL. Since 2018 she is on the committee of the union’s local section. In 2019, she then also became a member of the Chamber of Employees (Chambre des Salariés).
National Coordination (NaKo)
The Congress annually elects a National Coordination (Nako). This committee is unlimited in number, every member can run for office and every member of déi Lénk can participate in the meetings. The election works on the principle of Gender Parity, meaning that there can only be as many male members elected as there are female members. The NaCo leads déi Lénk throughout the year, takes the important political and financial decisions.
Female members of NaKo. (24.03.2024)
ARENDT Patrizia
CORREIA DA VEIGA Ana
ERPELDING Thessy
GOKSOY Esin
HANSEN Brenda
MOUSEL Tania
OBERWEIS Nathalie
OE Julie
REULAND Nathalie
ROSAS Liliana
SCHNEIDER Bellamy
SMIT Julie
THOMA Carole
URBANY Katia
Male and Non-Binary Members of Nako (24.03.2024)
ALIJA Féliz
BAUM Marc
BILTGEN Laurent
BURGGRAFF Marc
DIDERICH Gary
FISCH Laurent
FOETZ Guy
LOMBARDI Boris
MAHMOUD SAEED SAYED AHMED Moussa
MARQUES André
MULLER Ben
STIEBER Mara
THÜMMEL Jean-Claude
WAGNER David
Coordination Office (BuCo)
The daily governance is assumed by the Coordination Office (BuCo) which is composed of a maximum of 9 members of the NaCo. It comes together once a week to deliberate on organisational or financial matters, as well as to discuss the political agenda. The BuCo is also the formal employer of the staff members, work for the movement, supporting the different bodies of déi Lénk and help to execute the decisions taken by the NaCo and BuCo. .
The members of the Coordination Office (elected 28. March 2024 by the National Coordination)
Ana Correia Da Veiga
Thessy Erpelding
Carole Thoma
Gary Diderich
Marc Baum
Ben Muller
André Marques
David Wagner
