Hans Rietz (26 April 1914 – 25 May 1996) was an East German politician who became a top official in the country's Democratic Farmers' Party (" Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands" / DBD), which was one of five so-called bloc parties controlled by the ruling Socialist Unity Party ("Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands" / SED). For many years Rietz served as a member of the National parliament ("Volkskammer") and he was also a long-standing deputy chairman of the State Council.