Petra Zais

Petra Zais (22 March 1957 – 7 October 2021) was a German politician.

Zais was a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany from 1977 to 1990. She was a member Stadtrat of Chemnitz from 1992 to 1999. She rejoined the Stadtrat in 2009. In 2001, she unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Chemnitz. In 2009 and 2013, she unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Bundestag. 

In 2014, she was elected to the Landtag of Saxony for the Greens. She left office in 2019.

Petra Zais died on 7 October 2021 at the age of 64.

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Category:1957 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:Politicians from Saxony
Category:Politicians of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany