Rosel Walther

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

Walther in 1989

Life

Walther was born in Landsberg an der Warthe, Brandenburg, in 1928. She was a teacher in her early life. She studied at the Deutsche Akademie für Staats- und Rechtswissenschaft.[1]

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.[2] 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 Peace Council of the GDR.[1]

Walther was a member of the 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.[2] She retired after the Peaceful Revolution but remained a member of the Association of Free Democrats, which merged with the Free Democratic Party.[1]

Walther received the Medal of Merit of the GDR in 1959, the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and silver, and the Banner of Labor.[2]

References
  1. Müller-Enbergs, Helmut. "Müller, Margarete" (in German). Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. Baumgartner, Gabriele; Hebig, Dieter (1996). Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ/DDR (in German). Band 1+2. Munich: K.G. Saur. p. 976. ISBN 9783111699134.
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