Walter Buchheim (28 January 1904 – 1 November 1979) was an East German politician and Trade unionist.

The boy attended school in Cöllnitz and Groitzsch before training as a metal grinder between 1918 and 1922, and this defined his trade till 1929.

In 1949 he attended the DASR (an Administration Academy for political high flyers subsequently renamed after Walter Ulbricht[3]), in Forst Zinna, after which promotion beckoned.

Between 1952 and 1959 he was First Secretary of the party's district leadership team in Karl-Marx-Stadt (which has subsequently reverted to its earlier name, Chemnitz), where he was also, between 1952 and 1958, a member of the regional assembly.

From 1954 till 1963 Walter Buchheim was a member of the party's powerful Central Committee, and between 1958 and 1963 he was also a deputy in the People's Chamber (the nation's legislative assembly).