Christa Luft (née Hecht; 22 February 1938) is a German economist and politician of the SED/PDS. Luft joined the SED in 1958. From 18 November 1989 to 18 March 1990 she was economy minister in the Modrow government. From 1994 to 2002 she was member of the Bundestag for the PDS. From 1963 to 1971 Luft was registered as a Stasi informant under the code name IM Gisela.