| Office: | Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin |
| Term Start: | 4 November 2021 |
| Birth Date: | 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Berlin, Germany |
| Party: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Niklas Schenker (born 1993 in Berlin) is a German political scientist and politician from Die Linke. He has been a member of the Berlin House of Representatives since 2021.[1]
Niklas Schenker was born and grew up in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.[2] He completed a bachelor's degree in social sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin and then completed a master's degree in political science at the Free University of Berlin.[3] He worked as a research assistant for Member of the German Bundestag Caren Lay.[4]
Schenker joined Die Linke in 2013. In the district assembly of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district, he served as parliamentary group leader of his party from October 2016 to October 2021. In the 2021 Berlin state election, he received a mandate via his party's state list. He was able to defend his seat in the House of Representatives in the repeat election in 2023.[5]
In the 2021-2026 legislative period, Schenker is the spokesman for rents, housing, public housing and housing subsidies, cycling and walking, and club culture for the Left Party as well as a member of the urban development, building and housing, mobility, culture and Europe committees and the subcommittee for participation management Investment controlling for construction investments.[6]
Schenker supports the Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen and is committed to its rapid implementation following the successful referendum.[7] In an interview with the magazine Jacobin, he described the Berlin rent movement as the “most important coalition partner” in the red-green-red coalition.[8] He considers squatting to be a legitimate means of civil disobedience and calls for an end to the policy.[9]
Schenker calls for further development of City West oriented towards the common good and speaks out against the construction of further high-rise buildings.[10]