Rico Gebhardt

Rico Gebhardt (born 27 May 1963) is a German politician for The Left and member of the Landtag of the Free State of Saxony since 2004.

From 1999 to 2009 Gebhardt was state president in Saxony of the PDS and, after 2007, of its successor party The Left.

In September 2009 he ran for the office of parliamentary group chairman, but lost to André Hahn.

On 17 July 2012, he was elected to succeed André Hahn as parliamentary group chairman for The Left in the Saxon Landtag.

[1] In June 2021, it was revealed that the Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Sachsen had illegally collected data about Gebhardt.