Sebastian Walter

Sebastian Walter (born 21 April 1990 in Eberswalde-Finow, GDR) is a German politician (Die Linke).

[1] After completing a bachelor's degree with teaching options in the subjects of history and lifestyle-ethics-religious studies [de] at the University of Potsdam, Sebastian Walter worked as a trade union secretary for the DGB and as its regional manager in East Brandenburg.

In a plenary debate on the subject of anti-Semitism, Walter described himself as the "grandson of a perpetrator, a Waffen-SS officer".

In the current electoral term Walter was parliamentary group leader of the Left Party in the Brandenburg state parliament together with Kathrin Dannenberg [de] until February 2021.

On 23 November 2023, Walter called AfD legislator Hans-Christoph Berndt and Andreas Galau [de] "Nazi pigs" during a debate on anti-Semitism in the state parliament.