Bodo Ramelow

**Bodo Ramelow** (; born 16 February 1956) is a German politician. He is the Minister-President of Thuringia since 4 March 2020. He was the President of the German Bundesrat from  1 November 2021 until 31 October 2022. He is a member of The Left party.

## Early life

Ramelow was born in West Germany. His father died when he was eight years old due to jaundice. He trained as a salesman at Karstadt from 1971 to 1974.

## Political career

He joined the Party of Democratic Socialism in 1999. He was elected to the Thuringian State Parliament in 1999. In 2001, he was elected as the chairman of the state parliamentary group.

In 2014, he was elected as the Minister President of Thuringia. He was elected again as Minister President in 2020.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office5**: Member of the
Landtag of Thuringia
- **term start5**: 2019 Thuringian state election, 26 November 2019
- **predecessor5**: Marion Walsmann
- **constituency5**: Erfurt III
- **term start6**: 2014 Thuringian state election, 14 October 2014
- **term end6**: 31 March 2015
- **predecessor6**: _multi-member district_
- **constituency6**: Electoral system of Germany, The Left list
- **successor6**: Iris Martin-Gehl
- **term start7**: 2009 Thuringian state election, 29 September 2009
- **term end7**: 2014 Thuringian state election, 14 October 2014
- **predecessor7**: Marion Walsmann
- **successor7**: Marion Walsmann
- **constituency7**: Erfurt III
- **term start8**: 2004 Thuringian state election, 8 July 2004
- **term end8**: 17 October 2005
- **predecessor8**: Johanna Arenhövel
- **successor8**: Jörg Kubitzki
- **constituency8**: Erfurt I
- **term start9**: 1999 Thuringian state election, 1 October 1999
- **term end9**: 2004 Thuringian state election, 8 July 2004
- **predecessor9**: _multi-member district_
- **successor9**: _multi-member district_
- **constituency9**: Electoral system of Germany, Party of Democratic Socialism list
- **office10**: Member of the German Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
 for Thuringia
- **term start10**: 2005 German federal election, 18 October 2005
- **term end10**: 28 September 2009
- **successor10**: Frank Tempel
- **predecessor10**: _multi-member district_
- **constituency10**: Electoral system of Germany, Party of Democratic Socialism list


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **image**: 2019-10-27 Wahlabend Thüringen by Sandro Halank–57.jpg
- **caption**: Ramelow in 2019
- **name**: Bodo Ramelow
- **honorific-suffix**: Landtag of Thuringia, MdL Bundesrat of Germany, MdBR
- **office**: Minister-President of Thuringia
- **term start**: 4 March 2020
- **deputy**: Wolfgang Tiefensee
Georg Maier
- **predecessor**: Thomas Kemmerich
- **term start1**: 5 December 2014
- **term end1**: 5 February 2020
- **deputy1**: Heike Taubert
- **predecessor1**: Christine Lieberknecht
- **successor1**: Thomas Kemmerich
- **office2**: President of the German Bundesrat, President of the German Bundesrat, Bundesrat
- **1namedata2**: Reiner Haseloff
- **term start2**: 1 November 2021
- **term end2**: 31 October 2022
- **predecessor2**: Reiner Haseloff
- **successor2**: Peter Tschentscher
- **office3**: Leader of The Left (Germany), The Left
in the Landtag of Thuringia
- **term start3**: 3 November 2009
- **term end3**: 5 December 2014
- **predecessor3**: Dieter Hausold
- **successor3**: Susanne Hennig-Wellsow
- **office4**: Leader of the
Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany), Party of Democratic Socialism
in the Landtag of Thuringia
- **term start4**: 14 November 2001
- **term end4**: 17 October 2005
- **predecessor4**: Gabi Zimmer
- **successor4**: Dieter Hausold
- **birth place**: Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Lower Saxony, West Germany
- **children**: 2
- **party**: The Left (Germany), The Left
- **otherparty**: Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany), Party of Democratic Socialism
- **residence**: Erfurt
Saalburg-Ebersdorf, Saalburg