Luc Jochimsen

Lukrezia Luise "Luc" Jochimsen, née Lukrezia Schleussinger (born 1 March 1936), is a German sociologist, television journalist, and politician of the The Left party.

Professional career

Luc Jochimsen was born in Nuremberg, the daughter of a vehicle dealer. Her schooling in Frankfurt am Main ended in 1956. She studied sociology, political science, and philosophy at the University of Hamburg. In 1961 she became a doctor of philosophy at the University of Münster.

She was from 1961 to 1975 a freelance author, and from 1975 to 1985 presenter of the TV programme Panorama in Hamburg. From 1985 to 1988 she was the ARD London correspondent. From 1988 to 1991 she was responsible for the department of documentaries of NDR and from 1991 until 1993 she led the ARD television studios in London. From 1994 to 2001 she was the chief editor of television for Hessischer Rundfunk and together with others chaired the politics show 3 zwei eins.

Political activities

Jochimsen only became politically active in 2002, after her retirement. She has complained that the former German Democratic Republic and the successor of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, then named Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), was being "stigmatized" after the fall of the communist regime in 1989.