Norman Paech (born 12 April 1938, Bremerhaven) is a retired German professor and member of the political party The Left.

After postgraduate studies at the German Development Institute in Berlin, he joined the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation in 1968 as a research assistant.

One event noted at the time, for which German president Johannes Rau laid a memorial wreath, was the Massacre of Kalavryta.

Paech had also represented survivors and relatives of the Distomo massacre, saying in 2000, "It is not only the money that the victims are concerned about, but also the German side's acknowledgement of its responsibility for the crimes committed.

[4] Paech was a member of the 16th German Bundestag (2005–2009), having been elected via the open candidate list of Die Linkspartei.PDS in the federal state of Hamburg.

He became an official member of this party in 2007 and was its spokesman on foreign affairs and representative in the Federal Constitutional Court proceedings against the Panavia Tornado missions in Afghanistan.

The eleven MPs explained that, while the concerns are justified, the declaration would discredit any criticism on American and Israeli war policies as an act of anti-semitism.