Lars Helge Werner (25 July 1935 – 11 January 2013) was a Swedish socialist politician.

[2][3] A construction worker by profession, he was elected vice chairman of the Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna (VPK) ("the Left Party - Communists") in 1967, and became party chairman in 1975.

In 1990, VPK changed its name to Vänsterpartiet ("the Left Party"), removing the term "Communists".

Werner resigned as party leader in 1993, and was succeeded by Gudrun Schyman.

[1] Werner died from a heart condition in 2013, at the age of 77.