- Being a key figure in the end of the communist rule in East Germany, he became the first chairman of the new founded PDS, which succeeded the ruling communist SED, in 1990.
- Has worked as a lawyer since 1971.
- Member of the German Parliament from 1990 to 2001 and since 2005 (for the new founded Left Party).
- Senator for Ecomomics, Labor and Women's Issues in Berlin from 2001 to 2002.
- Brother of Gabriele Gysi.
- After surviving a heart attack and a brain surgery, he returned to politics (2004).
- Nephew of Gottfried Lessing, ex-husband of English Nobel Prize laureate Doris Lessing.
- East German Political Figure.
- Chairman of PDS (1989-2000).
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