Dora Heyenn

Dora Heyenn (born 16 May 1949 in Kopendorf on Fehmarn ) is a German biology and chemistry teacher and politician. She was a member of the Left Party until 2015, after which she joined the Social Democratic Party. Until 2020, she was a member of the state parliament of Hamburg.

Political career From 1971 on a member of the SPD, she was a member of the SPD's executive board in Germany's federal state of Schleswig-Holstein from 1979 until 1983. In 1990 she moved up to become a member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. In 2012, Heyenn ran for co-leadership in the federal party, but with just above 29 percent lost to fellow candidate Katja Kipping who received 67 percent. In the 2015 Hamburg state elections she was again list leader of her party.