Petra Pau
Petra Pau | |
|---|---|
Pau in 2022 | |
| Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of The Left-faction) | |
| In office 7 April 2006 – 25 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Bodo Ramelow |
| Member of the Bundestag for Berlin | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
| Constituency | The Left List |
| In office 26 October 1998 – 26 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Stefan Heym (1995) |
| Succeeded by | Mario Czaja |
| Constituency | Marzahn-Hellersdorf (1998–2002: Mitte – Prenzlauer Berg) |
| Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin | |
| In office 30 November 1995 – October 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Werner Krause |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Hellersdorf 3 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1963 East Berlin, East Germany |
| Political party | The Left PDS (1989–2007) SED (1983–1989) |
| Website | petrapau |
Petra Pau (born 9 August 1963) is a German politician of The Left. She has been a member of the Bundestag since 1998. Since 2006, she has also served as one of the Vice Presidents of the Bundestag, being the first member of her party to hold this office. Pau belongs to the reform-oriented wing of her party, actively supporting parliamentary representative democracy.