Carsten Schatz

Carsten Schatz (born 10 January 1970) is a historian and a member of the Left Party in Germany.

Carsten Schatz

He lives in Berlin, and joined the dictatorial Socialist Unity Party in East-Germany in 1988. He has been the local manager of the Left Party in Berlin since 2001,[1] and a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, the state parliament of Berlin, since 2013.[2]

He is out as gay,[2] and is the first openly HIV-positive person to hold political office in Germany.[2]

References

"Führungspersonal der Berliner Linken bestätigt" [Leadership of Berlin's Left Party confirmed]. Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
Schmitt, Peter-Philipp (30 August 2013). "Schatz erster offen HIV-Positiver in der deutschen Politik". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 April 2023.

External links

Personal Web page (in German)

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[1] "Führungspersonal der Berliner Linken bestätigt" [Leadership of Berlin's Left Party confirmed]. Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2010-09-26.

[faz-2] Schmitt, Peter-Philipp (30 August 2013). "Schatz erster offen HIV-Positiver in der deutschen Politik". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 April 2023.