Heinz Schwarz (24 July 1928 – 6 March 2023) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) who was a long-time member of the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate, serving as the state's minister of the interior.

[2] In 1944 he began a commercial apprenticeship at the Kreissparkasse in Neuwied, but was drafted as an Airforce auxiliary (Luftwaffenhelfer).

[5] On 18 May 1971, he was appointed by minister-president Helmut Kohl as minister of the interior, succeeding August Wolters [de].

Malu Dreyer, minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate, said "Heinz Schwarz was a politician out of deep conviction.

As a Rhenish Catholic who lived through the Second World War, he was concerned with a better future for our country, in which people build bridges for a firm democracy."

Als rheinischer Katholik, der den Zweiten Weltkrieg miterlebte, ging es ihm um eine bessere Zukunft für unser Land, in der Menschen Brücken für eine feste Demokratie bauen").