Jörg Schindler (born 15 January 1972) is a German politician and lawyer of The Left who is serving as federal director of the party since 2018.

He completed military service from 1990 to 1991 and began studying law at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg in 1991, passing the first state examination in 1991.

At the University of Duisburg-Essen he was a member of the Left List and speaker for higher education policy in the General Students' Committee.

From 2007 to 2018, he was chairman of the Land Wittenberg branch of The Left and a member of the district council, where he chaired the party faction.

On 9 June 2018, Schindler was elected federal director of The Left at the Leipzig party congress.