Alois Pisnik (8 September 1911 – 2 October 2004) was an Austrian-born East German politician.

In his younger years, Pisnik was member of various social-democratic youth and trade union organizations.

After the Anschluss, Pisnik was yet again arrested, this time by the Nazis, and consequently sentenced to 10 years prison.

After his liberation he soon became First Secretary of the SED district chapter in Magdeburg, an office he held until 1979.

Pisnik was known as one of the longest serving members of the SED Central Committee, having been part of it from 1950 to 1989.