Ernst Mecklenburg Explained

Ernst Mecklenburg
Office:Chairman of the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany
Term Start:1982
Term End:1987
Predecessor:Ernst Goldenbaum
Successor:Günther Maleuda
Office1:Member of the Volkskammer
Term Start1:1971
Term End1:1987
Office2:Mayor of Rehna
Term Start2:1950
Term End2:1952
Birth Date:3 June 1927
Birth Place:Blöcken, East Prussia, German Reich
Party:Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (1950-1990)
Profession:Politician
Awards:Order of Karl Marx
Patriotic Order of Merit
Allegiance:Nazi Germany
Branch:Wehrmacht
Serviceyears:1945-1945

Ernst Mecklenburg (born 3 June 1927) is a former East German politician who served as Chairman of the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DFD).

Biography

Mecklenburg was born in Blöcken (now in Guryevsky District) in East Prussia in 1927 to a farming family. He attended school to be trained as a teacher in Memel during World War II and was recruited into the Wehrmacht shortly before the war's end in January 1945. After the war, Mecklenburg was active in both agriculture and mining in the newly-formed German Democratic Republic. In 1950 he joined the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany and the Free German Youth.

His first political office was that of mayor of the town of Rehna from 1950 to 1952. In 1954, he became district secretary of the DFD in Rostock and in 1963 was made a member of the executive committee of the party. He was elected to the Volkskammer as a member of the DFD in 1971. In 1982, Mecklenburg succeeded Ernst Goldenbaum as chairman of the party and served in this capacity until his own retirement from politics for health reasons.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Reuter, Elke . Müller-Enbergs . Helmut . 2010 . Wer war wer in der DDR? . Who was Who in the GDR? . German . Berlin . Ch. Links . 9783861535614.