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'''Steffen Bockhahn''' (December 29, 1978, in [[Rostock]]) is a
== Early life and education ==
Bockhahn spent his childhood in Rostock. Until he started school, he lived with his parents and older sister in the Reutershagen district before the family moved to a new development in the city center. From 1985 to 1991, he attended the 9th [[Polytechnic Secondary School|POS]] Clara Zetkin, which regained its old name "''Große Stadtschule''" during the [[German reunification|reunification period]]. From the third grade on, he learned the
Bockhahn did his [[Zivildienst|civilian alternative service]] (
In 2002, Steffen Bockhahn began studying political science and modern European history at the [[University of Rostock]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Profil Steffen Bockhahn |url=https://www.linksfraktion.de/fraktion/abgeordnete/profil/steffen-bockhahn/ |website=Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag |access-date=
Steffen Bockhahn has been married since 2005 and has been the father of a child since 2009.
== Political
Steffen Bockhahn began his political involvement as a school representative at the high school and in the district student council of Rostock. On May 1, 1995, he joined the [[PDS]] at the age of 16<ref>{{cite web |title=Rostock
In 2004, Bockhahn ran for the Rostock city council for the first time and was elected. In the same year, he became deputy state chairman of his party in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. In the [[2005 German federal election|2005 federal election]], Bockhahn stood for the PDS in constituency 14. After [[Christian Kleiminger]] ([[SPD]]) and [[Eckhardt Rehberg]] ([[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]), he received the third-best vote but failed to win. In the [[2009 German federal election|2009 federal election]], he was elected as a direct candidate. In the [[2013 German federal election|2013 federal election]], he lost the direct mandate in the Bundestag constituency Rostock
Since 2007, Steffen Bockhahn was chairman of the parliamentary group The Left in Rostock. During this time, he initiated a citizens' petition against the sale of municipal property together with the service sector union [[ver.di]]. More than 10,000 signatures were collected in five weeks. However, due to an objection by the mayor, there are now court proceedings to clarify the legality.<ref>{{cite news |title=Politthriller: Rechtsaufsicht stärkt Bockhahn {{!}} svz.de |url=https://www.svz.de/lokales/rostock/rechtsaufsicht-staerkt-bockhahn-id6040111.html |access-date=
On March 5, 2014, Bockhahn was elected senator for the department of youth, social affairs, health, schools, and sports by the Rostock city parliament.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bürgerschaft hat gewählt: Steffen Bockhahn ist neuer Sozialsenator {{!}} nnn.de |url=https://www.nnn.de/lokales/rostock/steffen-bockhahn-ist-neuer-sozialsenator-id5920261.html |access-date=
In a decision dated July 10, 2014, the Schwerin Administrative Court prohibited the Hanseatic City of Rostock from appointing Bockhahn as a senator (elective official) because he lacked the aptitude, qualification, and expertise required for the office and the election by the Bürgerschaft violated the constitutional requirement to select the best (Case No. 1 B 599/14). Citizens of the Hanseatic city of Rostock appealed against the recommendation of its city administration to the Higher Administrative Court of [[Greifswald]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Bürgerschaft beharrt auf Steffen Bockhahn als Sozialsenator |url=https://www.rostock-heute.de/buergeschaft-beschwerde-gericht-steffen-bockhahn-wahl-sozialsenator/74917 |access-date=
== Observation by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ==
In January 2012, it became known that Steffen Bockhahn was one of 27 members of the Bundestag of the Left Party under observation by the [[Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Geheimdienst: Verfassungsschutz beobachtet 27 Linken-Abgeordnete
In July 2014, it became known that his cell phone had been tapped by U.S. intelligence agencies.<ref>{{cite news |title=Geheimdienste : Deutsche Politik offenbar gezielt ausgespäht |url=https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2014-07/cia-nsa-spionage-deutschland |access-date=
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