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Lothar Bisky
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Lothar Bisky was a German politician and university teacher born in Korzybie, Pomeranian Voivodeship on 17 August 1941. He served as a member of the German Bundestag and as a Member of the European Parliament, working from offices in Strasbourg and Brussels. Bisky was educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Leipzig University, later holding faculty positions at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg. He was affiliated with the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the Party of Democratic Socialism, and Die Linke throughout his political career. Bisky participated in German presidential elections in 1999, 2004, and 2009. He died in Leipzig on 13 August 2013.
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Film & TV
Zollbrück, Germany
Known for
- Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel — Self2004
- Im Palais — Self2004
- Bericht aus Berlin — Self2003
- Unter den Linden — himself2002
- Hart aber fair — Self2001
- maybrit illner — Self1999
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show — Self1998
- Sabine Christiansen — Self1998
- Im Dialog — self1997
- Location Hunting — Gerd1990
via TMDB
Key facts
- Preceded by
- himself (as Leader of the Party of Democratic Socialism )
- Succeeded by
- Gesine Lötzsch
- Constituency
- The Left Party.PDS List
- Secretary
- Klaus Höpcke
- Born
- ( 1941-08-17 ) 17 August 1941, Zollbrück , Pomerania , Germany, (now Korzybie , Poland)
- Died
- 13 August 2013 (2013-08-13) (aged 71), Leipzig , Germany
- Party
- SED (1963–1989), PDS (1989–2007), The Left (2007–2013)
- Website
- lothar-bisky .de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lothar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Korzybie, Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Place of death
- Leipzig
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Leipzig University
- Political party
- Party of Democratic Socialism
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Participant in
- 1999 German presidential election
- Official website
- www.lothar-bisky.de
- Image
- Lothar Bisky.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Potsdam
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- Commons category
- Lothar Bisky
- date of birth
- 1941-08-17
- date of death
- 2013-08-13
- place of burial
- Dorotheenstadt Cemetery
- biography at the Bundestag of Germany URL
- webarchiv.bundestag.de/archive/2010/0427/bundestag/abgeordnete/bio/B/biskylo0.html
- name in native language
- Lothar Bisky
- catalog code
- 11003739
- P10632
- Lothar Bisky
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Background
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