Hans Müller (politician, 1906)

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Hans Müller giving a speech in the People's Chamber (1951).

Hans Müller (born March 25, 1906 in Berlin ; † March 12, 1962 in East Berlin ) was a politician ( SPD , SDA ) of the GDR and a former member of the People's Chamber .

Life

Hans Müller attended elementary school in Berlin and worked from 1920 to 1929 as an unskilled worker in various companies. From 1922 he was a union member and in 1926 chairman of the Free Union Youth. In 1929 he also joined the SPD. From 1929 to 1933 he was an assistant at the ADGB . From 1933 he was unemployed and worked from 1936 to 1945 as a surface grinder in the typesetting machine construction.

In 1945 he rejoined the SPD, became a member of the FDGB and worked from 1945 to 1947 as a clerk at the headquarters of the Deutsche Reichsbahn . From 1947 to 1949 he was the political secretary of the SPD in Berlin-Lichtenberg . In 1949 he was because of his pro-Communist attitude of the SPD ruled and became a member and first chairman of the Social Democratic Action , which the SED was close to as well as publisher and chief editor of the weekly newspaper of the opposition Social Free Press .

In 1949 he became a member of the Second German People's Council and then the People's Chamber. He led the faction of the SDA until 1954. 1950 to 1953 he was mayor in the magistrate of East Berlin . From 1952 to 1953 he was also a member of the city council of East Berlin. After the SDA did not get any more seats for the 2nd electoral period of the People's Chamber, Müller received a mandate from the FDGB, for which he sat as a Berlin representative in the People's Chamber until his death.

In 1954, Hans Müller was awarded the medal “For Excellent Achievement” and in 1956 with the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze .

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SURNAME Müller, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politicians (SPD, SDA), MdV
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1962
Place of death Berlin