Heinz Vietze

Heinz Vietze
Heinz Vietze
Chairman of the; Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
	In office; 18 November 2006 – 1 December 2012
Deputy	Claudia Gohde; Michael Brie;
Preceded by	Reinhard Mocek
Succeeded by	Dagmar Enkelmann
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party; in Bezirk Potsdam
	In office; 15 November 1989 – February 1990
Second Secretary	Ulrich Schlaak;
Preceded by	Günther Jahn
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the; Landtag of Brandenburg
	In office; 26 October 1990 – 21 October 2009
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	multi-member district
Personal details
Born	Heinz Vietze; 19 September 1947 (age 77); Zeitz, State of Saxony-Anhalt, Soviet occupation zone, Allied-occupied Germany (now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Political party	The Left; (2007–)
Other political; affiliations	Party of Democratic Socialism; (1989–2007); Socialist Unity Party; (1966–1989)
Alma mater	Jugendhochschule „Wilhelm Pieck“; "Karl Marx" Party Academy (Dipl.-Ges.-Wiss.);
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Machinist;
	Central institution membership 1990–1991: Member,; PDS Party Executive ; Other offices held 1988–1989: First Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Potsdam ; 1984–1988: First Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Oranienburg district ; 1977–1983: First Secretary,; Free German Youth in Bezirk Potsdam ; 1970–1974: First Secretary,; Free German Youth in Potsdam ;

Heinz Vietze (born 19 September 1947) is a former German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED) and its successors, the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and The Left.

A local functionary of the SED in the 1980s, Vietze rose to become the last First Secretary of the Bezirk Potsdam SED during the Peaceful Revolution.

He remained an influential politician of the PDS even after German reunification, being elected to the Landtag of Brandenburg, where he was the longtime whip of his party, and serving as key player of the Brandenburg PDS. At the same time, Vietze stirred controversy especially due to his Stasi collaboration.

Vietze retired from active politics in 2007, being elected chairman of the PDS's Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, a position he left in 2012.