Michael Heinz Kaufmann (born 21 April 1964) is a German politician from the AfD.
He has been Member of the German Bundestag for Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis since 2021.
On 5 March 2020 he was elected vice president of the Landtag with the narrowest possible majority, marking the first time the Thuringian AfD faction held this office.
[2] In the 2021 German federal election he defeated CDU incumbent Albert Weiler.
Consequently, on 5 November 2021 Kaufmann resigned as member of the Landtag of Thuringia.