Lothar Bisky
Lothar Bisky | |
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Official portrait, 2005 | |
| Chairman of The Left | |
| In office 16 June 2007 – 15 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | himself (as Leader of the Party of Democratic Socialism) |
| Succeeded by | Gesine Lötzsch |
| Chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism | |
| In office 29 June 2003 – 15 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Gabi Zimmer |
| Succeeded by | himself (as co-leader of The Left) |
| In office 31 January 1993 – 14 October 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Gregor Gysi |
| Succeeded by | Gabi Zimmer |
| Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
| In office 14 July 2009 – 13 August 2013 | |
| Succeeded by | Martina Michels |
| Member of the Bundestag for Brandenburg | |
| In office 18 October 2005 – 14 July 2009 | |
| Succeeded by | Steffen Hultsch |
| Constituency | The Left Party.PDS List |
| Vice President of the Landtag of Brandenburg (on proposal of the PDS-group) | |
| In office 13 October 2004 – 20 October 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Gerlinde Stobrawa |
| Leader of the PDS in Landtag of Brandenburg | |
| In office 26 October 1990 – 13 October 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Dagmar Enkelmann |
| Member of the Landtag of Brandenburg | |
| In office 26 October 1990 – 20 October 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Kerstin Meier |
| Constituency | PDS List |
| Member of the Volkskammer for Potsdam | |
| In office 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Head of the Culture Department of the Central Committee | |
| In office November 1989 – 3 December 1989 | |
| Secretary | |
| Preceded by | Ursula Ragwitz |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 August 1941 Zollbrück, Pomerania, Germany (now Korzybie, Poland) |
| Died | 13 August 2013 (aged 71) Leipzig, Germany |
| Political party | SED (1963–1989) PDS (1989–2007) The Left (2007–2013) |
| Website | lothar-bisky |
Lothar Bisky (17 August 1941 – 13 August 2013) was a German politician. He was the chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), the successor of East Germany's Socialist Unity Party (SED). In June 2007, he became co-chairman of The Left (Die Linke) party, formed by a merger of the PDS and the much smaller Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative. From 2007 until 2010, he was the President of the Party of the European Left. Also, he was the Publisher of the socialist newspaper Neues Deutschland.