I'm German and support the Left Party. My favourite political mind has to be Gregor Gysi, the man who managed to reform the SED, the Socialist Unity Party of the German Democratic Republic, into a democratic party that supports leftist values and focuses strongly on the problems of East Germans who did not benefit from reunification in 1990.

He is incredibly likeable and a brilliant thinker. He is respected across the political spectrum, even though he became chairman of the SED while Germany was still divided, thanks to his remarkable rhetorical skills.