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Günther Maleuda

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Günther Maleuda
Maleuda in 1989
Leader of the Democratic Farmers' Party
In office
27 March 1987 – 25 June 1990
Preceded byErnst Mecklenburg
Succeeded byUlrich Junghanns
President of the Volkskammer
In office
13 November 1989 – 5 April 1990
Deputy
Preceded byHorst Sindermann
Succeeded bySabine Bergmann-Pohl
Leader of the DBD/DFD group in the Volkskammer
In office
March 1990 – 1 September 1990
Preceded byErwin Binder (DBD)
Hannelore Hauschild (DFD)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag
for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
In office
10 November 1994 – 26 October 1998
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyParty of Democratic Socialism List
Member of the Volkskammer
for Schwerin
(Arnstadt, Apolda, Weimar-Stadt, Weimar-Land;[1] 1981–1990)
In office
5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
In office
25 June 1981 – 5 April 1990
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born(1931-01-20)20 January 1931
Alt Beelitz, Province of Brandenburg, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Drezdenko, Poland)
Died18 July 2012(2012-07-18) (aged 81)
Bernau bei Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Party of Democratic Socialism (Bundestag group)
Democratic Farmers' Party (1950–1990)
Children3
Occupation
  • Politician
  • civil servant
  • party clerk
  • Farmer
  • Economist

Günther Maleuda (20 January 1931 – 18 July 2012) was an East German politician.[2] From November 1989 to April 1990 he was the President of the People's Chamber (East German Parliament).[2]

Early years

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He was born in Alt Beelitz, (today Stare Bielice, Poland). In 1950 he joined the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands). From 1952 to 1955 he studied Economics.

Career

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From 1958 to 1967 Maleuda was a member of the district council of Königs Wusterhausen, from 1967 to 1976 a member of the district council of Potsdam and from 1976 to 1982 he was a member of the district council of Halle. In 1981 he was elected as a member of the People's Chamber.

From 1977 to 1990 he was a member of the Presidium of the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD). On 27 March 1987 Maleuda became chairman of the DBD and at the same time a deputy chairman of the Council of State.

On 13 November 1989 he was the successor of Horst Sindermann as President of the People's Chamber[3] (until March 1990). Maleuda supported the reforms and took part in the round table negotiations.

Although his party merged with the CDU in October 1990, Maleuda refused to be a member of the Christian Democratic Union.

In 1994 he was elected as a (non-party) member of the Bundestag (German Parliament) on the PDS list.[4] He remained a member until 1998.

References

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  1. ^ Schmidt, Arthur. "Volkskammer der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik 1986-1990, Seite 31" (PDF). gvoon.de. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  2. ^ a b Deutsche Presse-Agentur (2012-08-20). "Günther Maleuda: Früherer DDR-Funktionär Maleuda tot". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. ^ Whitney, Craig R. (14 November 1989). "Clamor in the East: A Contrite Government". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  4. ^ Kinzer, Stephen (19 October 1994). "Germany's Ex-Communists Promise to Behave in Parliament". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Volkskammer
1989–1990 		Succeeded by
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