Rosel Walther Explained

Rosel Walther
Office:Member of the State Council
Term Start:1971
Term End:1989
Office1:Member of the Volkskammer
Term Start1:1950
Term End1:1958
Term Start2:1967
Term End2:1990
Birth Date:12 January 1928
Birth Place:Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany (now Poland)
Death Date:24 August 2006 (age 78)
Death Place:Berlin, Germany
Party:National Democratic Party of Germany (1949–1990)
Association of Free Democrats (1990)
Free Democratic Party (1990–2006)

Rosel Walther (née Fischer; 12 January 1928 – 24 August 2006) was a German politician who was a member of the German: [[Volkskammer]] and the State Council of East Germany.

Life

Walther was born in Landsberg an der Warthe, Brandenburg, in 1928. She was a teacher in her early life. She studied at the German: {{ill|Deutsche Akademie für Staats- und Rechtswissenschaft|de.

In 1949 Walther joined the National Democratic Party of Germany (NDPD). She held leadership positions in the party; including as member of the executive board, director of the party academy, and vice chairperson of the NDPD parliamentary group. In 1964–1969 Walther was a leader of the Democratic Women's League of Germany. She was a member of the World Peace Council and the .

Walther was a member of the German: Volkskammer in 1950–1958 and 1967–1990. In 1971 she also became a member of the State Council, the GDR's collective head of state, until 1989. She retired after the Peaceful Revolution but remained a member of the Association of Free Democrats, which merged with the Free Democratic Party.

Walther received the in 1959, the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and silver, and the Banner of Labor.