Werner Franke (politician)

Werner Franke (born November 15, 1919 in Ronneburg ; † May 20, 1990 in Berlin ) was a German politician ( CDU ). From 1951 to 1986 he was General Director of the VOB UNION in the GDR .

Life

Werner Franke, son of a fitter, attended elementary school until 1930 and middle school in Ronneburg until 1934 . He then completed a commercial apprenticeship, passed the sales assistant examination in 1937 and worked as a commercial clerk. From 1939 he took part in the Second World War as a soldier in the Luftwaffe and was stationed as a sergeant at various air bases in Mecklenburg . In May 1945 he was taken prisoner by the English in Schleswig-Holstein, from which he was released in June 1945.

After returning, Franke joined the Schwerin CDU on August 15, 1945 and was a full-time party secretary in the regional association from October 1945. From 1949 to 1951 he headed the publishing house "Der Demokratie", in the meantime Werner Franke moved up in September 1950 to the Mecklenburg state parliament, to which he also belonged in the second electoral period until 1952.

From 1951 to 1986, Werner Franke was director or general director of the Association of Organizational Companies of the CDU, which mainly included various Union publishers. From 1951 to 1989 he was a member of the main board, from 1958 to 1987 member of the secretariat of the main board and from December 1986 to 1989 chairman of the Central Revision Commission of the GDR CDU (successor to Rudolf Uebel). Franke was a city district councilor in Berlin-Pankow for six years and from 1967 a member of the Berlin city council assembly .

Franke died in Berlin at the age of 70.

Awards

1960 Honorary Degree of Honored Activist
1964 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze, 1969 in silver and 1984 in gold
1967 Badge of Honor of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship in gold
1974 Order Banner of Labor Stage III

literature

LHAS 6.11-1-300, Mecklenburg State Parliament 1946–1952, personnel documents and characteristics of former MPs 1948–1952
Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-8012-0121-X , p. 73.
Andreas Herbst (eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 3: Lexicon of functionaries (= rororo manual. Vol. 6350). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16350-0 , p. 89.
Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR . 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr . KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 191. From Google Books (accessed August 7, 2019).
Gerd-Rüdiger Stephan, Andreas Herbst, Christine Krauss, Daniel Küchenmeister (eds.): The parties and organizations of the GDR: A manual, Dietz Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-320-01988-0 , p. 934f.

Dataset on and literature about Werner Franke (politician) in the state bibliography MV - No hit, February 21, 2010

Individual evidence

^ Werner Franke candidate for the city council of Greater Berlin . In: Neue Zeit , June 24, 1967, p. 1.
^ VOB UNION obituary notice . In: Neue Zeit, May 26, 1990, p. 10.

personal data
SURNAME	Franke, Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Francke, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH	November 15, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ronneburg
DATE OF DEATH	May 20, 1990
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Werner Franke candidate for the city council of Greater Berlin . In: Neue Zeit , June 24, 1967, p. 1.

[2] VOB UNION obituary notice . In: Neue Zeit, May 26, 1990, p. 10.