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

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

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

  1. ↑ Schmidt, Arthur. "Volkskammer der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik 1986-1990, Seite 31" (PDF). gvoon.de. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  2. 1 2 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.
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