Erhard Krack

Erhard Krack
Krack in 1987
Lord Mayor of East Berlin
In office
12 February 1974 – 15 February 1990
First Deputy
Preceded byHerbert Fechner
Succeeded byIngrid Pankraz (acting)
Minister for Bezirk-managed and Food Industry
In office
22 December 1965 – 14 February 1974
Chairman of the
Council of Ministers
First Deputy
  • Udo-Dieter Wange
  • Heinz Block
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byUdo-Dieter Wange
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer
for East Berlin
In office
25 June 1981 – 5 April 1990
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyBerlin-Prenzlauer Berg, №1
In office
29 October 1976 – 25 June 1981
Appointed byMagistrate of East Berlin
Personal details
Born(1931-01-09)9 January 1931
Died13 December 2000(2000-12-13) (aged 69)
Resting placeFriedhof Pankow III, Berlin
NationalityGerman
PartySocialist Unity Party of Germany (1951-1989)
Alma materUniversity of Rostock
Central institution membership

Other offices held

Erhard Krack (9 January 1931 – 13 December 2000) was a German politician and mayor of East Berlin from 1974 to 1990.

Life

Krack was born in Danzig on January 9, 1931.[1] In 1951, he joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). Between 1952 and 1956 Krack studied economics at the University of Rostock.[2]

In 1965, Krack became the Minister of Regional Industry and the Food Industry.[3]

In 1974, Krack became mayor of East Berlin, a post he would hold until 1990.[4]

He was also a deputy in the Volkskammer and a member of the Central Committee of the SED.

References

  1. ^ "Immatrikulation von Gerhard Krack". matrikel.uni-rostock.de (in German). University of Rostock. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Immatrikulation von Gerhard Krack". matrikel.uni-rostock.de (in German). University of Rostock. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Erhard Krack". berlingeschichte.de (in German). 1998. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Erhard Krack". berlingeschichte.de (in German). 1998. Retrieved 6 February 2024.