Klaus Schütz (17 September 1926[1] – 29 November 2012[2]) was a German politician, who served as the Mayor of West Berlin from 1967 to 1977, as a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Soon afterwards he was a delegate of the Wilmersdorfer Young Socialists in the state committee of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

He returned to Berlin, and Schütz took on an assistant position at the Institute for Political Science at the Free University.

In 1967, Schütz was elected mayor by the Abgeordnetenhaus, after the resignation of Heinrich Albertz, after a student, named Benno Ohnesorg, was shot by a police officer during a demonstration.

As mayor, Schütz's term in office saw a phase of global political calming down of the Cold War, in a period known as Détente.

Schütz's SPD suffered losses in the 1971 West Berlin state election, but again defended the absolute majority with 50.4 percent.

When Interior Senator Neubauer had to admit irregularities in connection with income from a supervisory board position, Schütz gave up.