Walter Baier (born 9 February 1954)[2] is an Austrian politician for the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ).

[5] He faced criticism from some on the Austrian left, including Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Elfriede Jelinek.

[6] In 2009, a lawsuit against Baier by the writer on far-right politics Wolfgang Purtscheller [de] was dismissed in the Vienna Commercial Court.

Purtscheller had said in an interview with Der Standard that Austria's three main parties after World War II, including the KPÖ, had specialist units for former Nazis.

In his first speech, he called for Russian withdrawal from Ukraine and an end to the war through negotiations, while also championing anti-racism, feminism and climate action.