Petra Pau

Petra Pau
Pau in 2021
Vice President of the Bundestag
(on proposal of The Left-group)
Assumed office
7 April 2006
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the Bundestag
for Berlin
Assumed office
26 October 2021
ConstituencyThe Left List
In office
26 October 1998 – 26 October 2021
Preceded byStefan Heym (1995)
Succeeded byMario Czaja
ConstituencyMarzahn-Hellersdorf
(1998–2002: Mitte – Prenzlauer Berg)
Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
In office
30 November 1995 – October 1998
Preceded byWerner Krause
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyHellersdorf 3
Personal details
Born (1963-08-09) 9 August 1963 (age 61)
East Berlin, East Germany
Political partyThe Left
PDS (1989–2007)
SED (1983–1989)
Websitepetrapau.de

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.