Karl-Heinz Brunner (born 14 March 1953) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

He worked as a legal counselor from 2005 – 2013 and as an executive shareholder of the Illertisser Sonnenschein GmbH & Co. KG.

He is a coeditor of the political magazine “Berliner Republik” and serves as chairman of the “Freundeskreis Illertissen – Loket”.

On the Defence Committee, Brunner serves as the rapporteur of his parliamentary group for the German Air Force.

On the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection, Brunner is his parliamentary group's rapporteur for bankruptcy law and LGBT rights.

[7] Though Brunner had previously said he would not be running for a seat in the Bundestag for a third time, he announced that he will do so for the 2021 German federal election.