Lothar Bisky

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Lothar Bisky
Lothar Bisky in 2005
Chairman of The Left
In office 16 June 2007 – 15 May 2010 Serving with Oskar Lafontaine
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
Personal details
Born	(1941-08-17)17 August 1941 Zollbrück, Pomerania, Germany (now Korzybie, Poland)
Died	13 August 2013(2013-08-13) (aged 71) Leipzig, Germany
Political party	SED (1963–1989) PDS (1989–2007) The Left (2007–2013)
Website	lothar-bisky.de

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.