| Office: | Minister of Finance and Prize |
| Predecessor: | Siegfried Böhm |
| Successor: | Ernst Höfner |
| Term Start: | June 1980 |
| Term End: | June 1981 |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Bannewitz |
| Party: | Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
| Nationality: | German |
Werner Schmieder (born 11 November 1926) is a former politician who served as the minister of finance in East Germany in the period 1980–1981.
Schmieder was born in Possendorf, today Bannewitz, on 11 November 1926.[1] He received a degree in economy and in 1967 he also obtained his Ph.D. in road engineering.[1] Between 1949 and 1955 he worked at Investbank in Dresden.[1] In 1955 he became a member of the Socialist Unity Party.[1] He was the head of the Investbank in Cottbus from 1955 to 1962.[1] He served as the deputy minister of finance (1967–1974) and state secretary (1974–1980).[1]
Schmieder was appointed minister of finance in July 1980 succeeding Siegfried Böhm in the post.[2] Schmieder's term ended in June 1981 when Ernst Höfner replaced him in the post.[2] [3]