Ernst Reuter

Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter (29 July 1889 – 29 September 1953) was the mayor of West Berlin from 1948 to 1953, during the time of the Cold War. He played a significant role in unifying the divided sectors of Berlin and publicly and politically took a stand against the totalitarianism of the Soviet Union.

Ernst Reuter
Governing Mayor of Berlin
(West Berlin)
In office
1 February 1951  29 September 1953
PresidentTheodor Heuss
ChancellorKonrad Adenauer
Preceded byHimself (as Lord Mayor of Greater Berlin)
Succeeded byWalther Schreiber
Lord Mayor of Greater Berlin
(West Berlin only)
In office
24 June 1947  1 February 1951
Preceded byOtto Ostrowski
Louise Schroeder (acting)
Succeeded byHimself (as Governing Mayor of Berlin)
Chairman of the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
October 1918  March 1919
Succeeded byAdam Reichert
Personal details
Born
Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter

(1889-07-29)29 July 1889
Apenrade, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
(Present-day Aabenraa, Denmark)
Died29 September 1953(1953-09-29) (aged 64)
West Berlin, West Germany
(Present-day Berlin, Germany)
Resting placeWaldfriedhof Zehlendorf
Political partySocial Democratic Party (1922-1953)
RSDRP(b) (1917-1919)
KPD (1921-1922)
USPD (1922)
SpouseHanna Kleinert
ChildrenEdzard Reuter
Alma materPhilipps-Universität Marburg
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