Ingrid Pankraz

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Ingrid Pankraz (* October 28, 1948 in Gommern as Ingrid Windisch ) is a former German local politician ( SED , PDS ) and holds a doctorate in economics . In February 1990 she was Lord Mayor of East Berlin for a few days .

Life

Pankraz grew up in Gommern with two siblings; Her father worked, among other things, as a chief accountant at a construction company and led his daughter's training in a similar direction after she initially wanted to be a waitress . From 1955 to 1965 she attended the Polytechnic Oberschule in Gommern and then completed vocational training as a wholesale merchant until 1968 , during which she also obtained the Abitur. After that they began at the University of Economics in Berlin-Karlshorst a degree in Economics , where he was involved in research since 1972: In 1973, she was the diploma awarded in October 1975, she earned a doctorate in economics . During her training, she was initially a member of the FDJ and then decided to become a member of the SED as a student in 1971. Pankraz is married to a graduate engineer and has two daughters (* 1974 and 1978).

job

Pankraz began to work in 1975 as a senior member of the Berlin District Planning Commission. In January 1979 she was promoted to head of the investment coordination department and in October 1987 first deputy chairman of the district planning commission. On March 31, 1989 she was elected as a member of the magistrate of Berlin and confirmed as deputy mayor and chairwoman of the district planning commission (successor to Wolfgang Doll ), which she renamed the office for regional development in 1990. On June 26, 1989, she was co-opted into the Berlin SED district leadership and elected to the secretariat.

When Mayor Erhard Krack resigned on February 15, 1990 due to his participation in the manipulation of the Berlin municipal elections in 1989 and his first deputy Hannelore Mensch had already changed to the GDR government of Hans Modrow , Ingrid Pankraz officiated provisionally as Lord Mayor of East Germany for a few days. Of Berlin. On February 23, she was nominated by the Berlin Round Table and the parliamentary group of the LDPD as the opposing candidate for Christian Hartenhauer for the next election as Lord Mayor. Although the media gave her good chances, she decided not to run because she did not have the necessary qualifications for the high office. The city council elected Hartenhauer as their successor on February 27th.

Pankraz continued to work as head of the Office for Regional Development until May 1990, then in the administration of various authorities, until October 2, 1990 under Manfred Preiss in the GDR Ministry for Regional and Local Affairs, until December 31, 1990 under Jürgen Klingbeil in the Federal German joint agency of the states for state and municipal issues and until the end of July 1991 in the Berlin branch of the Federal Ministry of the Interior . Then she switched to banking at her own request.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Occasionally sleepless nights ... Thoughts from Ingid Pankraz . In: Berliner Zeitung , August 26, 1989, p. 9.
  2. ^ 11th meeting of the city council . In: Berliner Zeitung , April 1, 1989, p. 2.
  3. ↑ 13th meeting of the SED district leadership in Berlin . In: Neues Deutschland , June 27, 1989, p. 8.
personal data
SURNAME Pankraz, Ingrid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Windisch, Ingrid (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician (SED, PDS)
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Gommern