| Michael Kaufmann | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MdB |
| Office: | Member of the Bundestag for Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Holzland-Kreis – Saale-Orla-Kreis |
| Term Start: | 26 October 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Albert Weiler |
| Office1: | Vice President of the Landtag of Thuringia |
| President1: | Birgit Pommer |
| Term Start1: | 5 March 2020 |
| Term End1: | 5 November 2021 |
| Birth Date: | 1964 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Gera, East Germany |
| Children: | 2 |
| Party: | AfD |
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.[1]
Kaufmann was born in Gera.
Kaufmann was elected to the Landtag of Thuringia in 2019. 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.[3]