Gesine Lötzsch

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Gesine Lötzsch
German Parliament
for Berlin-Lichtenberg
Assumed office
22 October 2002
Personal details
Born (1961-08-07) 7 August 1961 (age 62)
Berlin-Lichtenberg, East Germany
Political partyDie Linke (The Left)
OccupationPolitician

Gesine Lötzsch (German pronunciation:

left-wing party Die Linke ("The Left"). In 2010, with Klaus Ernst
, she was elected president of the party.

Biography

Born at

Berlin-Treptow-Köpenick won by Gregor Gysi and Leipzig II won by Sören Pellmann
).

Lötzsch has been criticized for suggesting that former employees of the

revisionist association, the Initiativgemeinschaft zum Schutz der sozialen Rechte [de] (tr. the Community Initiative for the Protection of the Social Rights).[4]

Gesine Lötzsch was married to Ronald Lötzsch (1931–2018), who in 2010 was revealed to have been an informer for the Stasi.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Lötzsch: Stasi-Spitzel können auch Minister werden" [Lötzsch: Stasi informers can be also Ministers]. Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten (in German). 8 February 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Kritik an Lötzsch wegen IM-Fürsprache". Focus Online (in German). 7 February 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ^ Neuerer, Dietmar (27 January 2010). "Gesine Lötzsch: Lafontaine-Nachfolgerin pflegt Kontakte ins Stasi-Milieu". www.handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Banse, Dirk; Müller, Uwe (15 March 2010). "Gesine Lötzsch hat ein Stasi-Problem" [Gesine Lötzsch has a Stasi Problem]. www.morgenpost.de (in German). Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Stasi: Ehemann von Gesine Lötzsch steht unter IM-Verdacht" [Stasi: Husband of Gesine Lötzsch is suspected of being an 'unofficial collaborator']. Spiegel Online (in German). Der Spiegel. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

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