15 Facts About Lutz Heilmann

Lutz Heilmann was elected to the Bundestag in the 2005 federal election as a member of the party list in Schleswig-Holstein.

Lutz Heilmann is the only official full-time Stasi employee to be elected MP to the Bundestag; although several other Die Linke politicians have been "unofficial" Stasi informants.

Lutz Heilmann narrowly survived an impeachment by the party electorate following his untruthfulness about his Stasi career prior to becoming an MP.

Lutz Heilmann worked in the so-called "Hauptverwaltung Aufklarung Personenschutz" department of Stasi, a large and important department within the Stasi that was directly subordinated under Erich Mielke.

Lutz Heilmann left Stasi after it was dissolved following the fall of the communist regime.

Knabe stated that Lutz Heilmann "has no business being in parliament", and said it is "unacceptable for the victims of the GDR communist regime to imagine that a man with such a past should serve in a parliament".

Lutz Heilmann attended law school from 1992 to 2004, obtaining an undergraduate law degree in 2004.

Lutz Heilmann, who was previously married, has organized participation of the party's queer group at Christopher Street Days.

Lutz Heilmann argued for an increase in the LKW-Maut and against a proposed waiver of the motor vehicle tax for new cars.

Lutz Heilmann has been involved in a fight within Die Linke, trying to get Lubeck party boss Ragnar Luttke expelled from the party.

Lutz Heilmann filed legal complaints against one Wikipedia editor and two other online writers.

The report suggests that the Wikipedia article had been repeatedly altered in line with his claims by an anonymous user operating within the Bundestag building, but Lutz Heilmann denied having been involved in an edit war.

In October 2008, some German newspapers reported that Lutz Heilmann was under investigation for having threatened a former roommate and that the committee on immunity of the Bundestag had lifted his immunity in the matter.

Lutz Heilmann vowed to continue his pursuit of the Wikipedia editor who had originally added the allegedly offensive material.

Lutz Heilmann later made a public statement on his actions against Wikipedia.