Erich Mückenberger

Erich Mückenberger (1910 in Chemnitz – 1998 in Berlin) was a German socialist politician. He began his political career in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) when the East German branches of SPD and the Communist Party of Germany merged after the Second World War. Mückenberger was one of the most high-ranking former Social Democrats in the German Democratic Republic and held several positions in the SED.

Erich Mückenberger
Mückenberger in 1953
Chairman of the
Central Party Control Commission
In office
19 June 1971  8 November 1989
General Secretary
Deputy
  • Heinz Juch
  • Werner Müller
Preceded byHermann Matern
Succeeded byWerner Eberlein
Leader of the Socialist Unity Party
in the Volkskammer
In office
December 1979  11 November 1989
General Secretary
Preceded byFriedrich Ebert Jr.
Succeeded byWerner Jarowinsky
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
in Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder)
In office
August 1961  28 January 1971
Second Secretary
  • Hans-Joachim Hertwig
Preceded byEduard Götzl
Succeeded byHans-Joachim Hertwig
Secretary for Agriculture of the
Central Committee Secretariat
In office
26 July 1953  1960
First Secretary
  • Walter Ulbricht
Preceded byPaul Merker (1950)
Succeeded byGerhard Grüneberg
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
in Bezirk Erfurt
In office
August 1952  26 July 1953
Second Secretary
  • Ludwig Einicke
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHans Kiefert
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
in Thuringia
In office
September 1949  August 1952
Second Secretary
  • Otto Funke
Preceded byErich Kops (as Chairman)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer
for Schwerin-Stadt, Schwerin-Land, Gadebusch, Sternberg
In office
8 November 1950  16 November 1989
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born(1910-06-08)8 June 1910
Chemnitz, Free State of Saxony, German Empire (now Germany)
Died10 February 1998(1998-02-10) (aged 87)
Berlin, Germany
Political partyParty of Democratic Socialism
(1989–1990)
Other political
affiliations
Socialist Unity Party
(1946–1989)
Communist Party of Germany (1927–1946)
Alma materParty Academy Karl Marx
Parteihochschule der KPdSU
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Civil Servant
  • Weaver
  • Locksmith
AwardsPatriotic Order of Merit
Order of Karl Marx
Central institution membership
  • 1958–1989: Full member,
    Politburo of the Central Committee
  • 1950–1958: Candidate member,
    Politburo of the Central Committee
  • 1950–1989: Full member,
    Central Committee

Other offices held
  • 1978–1989: President,
    Society for German–Soviet Friendship
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