Petra Pau

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Petra Pau MdB
Pau in 2021
Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of The Left-group)
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 April 2006
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the Bundestag for Berlin
Incumbent
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	(1963-08-09) 9 August 1963 (age 60) East Berlin, East Germany
Political party	The Left PDS (1989–2007) SED (1983–1989)
Website	petrapau.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.