Helma Orosz ([ˈoros]; born 11 May 1953, in Görlitz) is a German politician and member of the CDU.

She was the Saxon State Minister for Social Affairs between 2003 and 2008 and Oberbürgermeister (Lord Mayor) of Dresden from 2008 to 2015.

Orosz campaigned as a representative of the progressive "urbane" wing of the CDU, in line with mayors Petra Roth of Frankfurt and Ole von Beust of Hamburg.

[1] Orosz supported the construction of the Waldschlösschen Bridge[4] which cost Dresden its status as a World Heritage Site.

Orosz obtained a preliminary injunction against public display of the painting,[5] but the Higher Regional Court of Dresden judged the artistic freedom and the artist's freedom of expression more important than Orosz' personal rights.