Curiosidades

Brother of Gabriele Gysi.

After surviving a heart attack and a brain surgery, he returned to politics (2004).

Has worked as a lawyer since 1971.

Member of the German Parliament from 1990 to 2001 and since 2005 (for the new founded Left Party).

Senator for Ecomomics, Labor and Women's Issues in Berlin from 2001 to 2002.

Nephew of Gottfried Lessing, ex-husband of English Nobel Prize laureate Doris Lessing.

East German Political Figure.

Chairman of PDS (1989-2000).

Being a key figure in the end of the communist rule in East Germany, he became the first chairman of the new founded PDS, which succeeded the ruling communist SED, in 1990.