title: Antje Jansen
text: # Antje Jansen
  
  Antje Jansen (born 1 March 1950) is a former German politician, and member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 2009 to 2012.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Jansen was born in Kiel.
  
  ## Political career
  
  She was a member of the Greens from 1990 to 2001.
  
  Jansen was an unsuccessful Party of Democratic Socialism candidate in the 2002 German federal election.
  
  She was elected in the 2009 Schleswig-Holstein state election.
  
  She led The Left into the 2012 Schleswig-Holstein state election, in which the party experienced electoral wipeout.
  
  