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Lutz Heilmann (born September 7, 1966 in Zittau, GDR) is a German politician of the left-wing party Die Linke. He was elected to the Bundestag in the 2005 federal election as a member of the party list in Schleswig-Holstein. Shortly thereafter it was revealed that he had worked for the Stasi (the East German secret police) from 1985 to 1990. Heilmann drew national and international media attention when he caused the website www.wikipedia.de (not the German Wikipedia, but a search portal for it run by Wikimedia Deutschland) to be blocked by a preliminary injunction on November 13, 2008.〔(Un ex-agent de la Stasi fait fermer le site allemand Wikipédia ), '' Le Monde'', 17 November 2008. 〕〔(German Wikipedia back online after dispute. ), ''Miami Herald'', 17 November 2008.〕 His Bundestag term ended in 2009, and he failed to be nominated for a second term.==Revelation of Stasi work== Following his election in 2005, strong controversy erupted when it was revealed by the magazine ''Der Spiegel'' that he had worked for the Stasi (the East German secret police) from 1985 to 1990.〔(Spiegel Online - Biografien: Ein Stasi-Mann spaltet die Linkspartei ), 4 December 2005. 〕 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. Heilmann narrowly survived an impeachment by the party electorate following his untruthfulness about his Stasi career prior to becoming MP.〔 Heilmann worked in the so-called "Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung Personenschutz" department of Stasi, a large and important department within the Stasi that was directly subordinated under Erich Mielke. The department was responsible for "personal security", but also took part in regular oppression activities and employed informants.〔(«Wikipedia, die Stasi und der Linken-Politiker» ), ''Die Welt'', November 16, 2008〕 His employment record at Stasi states that Heilmann joined the Stasi because of political motivation and that he identified with his work and saw his future as a Stasi employee.〔 He left Stasi after it was dissolved following the fall of the communist regime. The nomination of Lutz Heilmann as an MP by the Left Party has been strongly criticized by Hubertus Knabe, the director of the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial. Knabe stated that 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".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lutz Heilmann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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