Lothar Bisky is a German

Demographics of Germany

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 politician. He was the chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), the successor of East Germany's Socialist Unity Party

Socialist Unity Party of Germany

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 (SED). In June 2007 he became co-chairman of the The Left

The Left (Germany)

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 (Die Linke) party, formed by a merger of the PDS and the much smaller Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative. From 2007 until 2010 he was the President of the Party of the European Left

Party of the European Left

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. Also, he is the Publisher of the socialist

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 newspaper

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 Neues Deutschland

Neues Deutschland

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Bisky was born in Zollbrück, Germany

Germany

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 (now Korzybie, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Korzybie, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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, Poland

Poland

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