Günther Maleuda

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| name=Günther Maleuda

| image=Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-1113-031, Berlin, 11. Volkskammertagung (cropped).jpg

| caption=Maleuda in 1989

| office = Leader of the Democratic Farmers' Party

| term_start = 27 March 1987

| term_end = 25 June 1990

| predecessor = Ernst Mecklenburg

| successor = Ulrich Junghanns

| office1 = President of the Volkskammer

| deputy1 = {{ubl|Gerald Götting}}

| predecessor1 = Horst Sindermann

| term_start1 = 13 November 1989

| term_end1 = 5 April 1990

| successor1 = Sabine Bergmann-Pohl

| office3 = Leader of the DBD/DFD group in the Volkskammer

| term_start3 = March 1990

| term_end3 = 1 September 1990

| deputy =

| predecessor3 = Erwin Binder {{small|(DBD)}}
Hannelore Hauschild {{small|(DFD)}}

| successor3 = Position abolished

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|office5 = Member of the Bundestag
for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

| term_start5 = 10 November 1994

| term_end5 = 26 October 1998

| predecessor5 = multi-member district

| successor5 = multi-member district

| constituency5 = Party of Democratic Socialism List

| office10 = Member of the Volkskammer
for Schwerin
{{small|(Arnstadt, Apolda, Weimar-Stadt, Weimar-Land;{{cite web |url=https://www.gvoon.de/art/dokumente/1986/volkskammer-ddr-9-wahlperiode-1986-1990/pdf/volkskammer-ddr-9-wahlperiode-1986-1990-seite_031.pdf |title=Volkskammer der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik 1986-1990, Seite 31 |last=Schmidt |first=Arthur |date= |website=gvoon.de |publisher= |access-date=2023-07-25 |quote=}} 1981–1990)}}

| term_start10 = 5 April 1990

| term_end10 = 2 October 1990

| predecessor10 = Constituency established

| successor10 = Constituency abolished

| term_start11 = 25 June 1981

| term_end11 = 5 April 1990

| predecessor11 = multi-member district

| successor11 = Constituency abolished{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|1|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Alt Beelitz, Province of Brandenburg, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic {{small|(now Drezdenko, Poland)}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|7|18|1931|1|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Bernau bei Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany

|children = 3

| party = Independent

| otherparty = Party of Democratic Socialism {{small|(Bundestag group)}}
Democratic Farmers' Party {{small|(1950–1990)}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|civil servant|party clerk|Farmer|Economist}}

}}

Günther Maleuda (20 January 1931 – 18 July 2012) was an East German politician.{{cite news|url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/guenther-maleuda-frueherer-ddr-funktionaer-maleuda-tot,10809148,16667200.html|title=Günther Maleuda: Früherer DDR-Funktionär Maleuda tot|last=Deutsche Presse-Agentur|author-link=Deutsche Presse-Agentur|date=2012-08-20|newspaper=Berliner Zeitung|language=de|access-date=29 August 2012}} From November 1989 to April 1990 he was the President of the People's Chamber (East German Parliament).

Early years

He was born in Alt Beelitz, (today Stare Bielice, Poland). In 1950 he joined the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands). From 1952 to 1955 he studied Economics.

Career

From 1958 to 1967 Maleuda was a member of the district council of Königs Wusterhausen, from 1967 to 1976 a member of the district council of Potsdam and from 1976 to 1982 he was a member of the district council of Halle. In 1981 he was elected as a member of the People's Chamber.

From 1977 to 1990 he was a member of the Presidium of the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD).

On 27 March 1987 Maleuda became chairman of the DBD and at the same time a deputy chairman of the Council of State.

On 13 November 1989 he was the successor of Horst Sindermann as President of the People's Chamber{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/14/world/clamor-east-contrite-government-contrite-deputies-say-party-failed-east-germans.html?pagewanted=2|title=Clamor in the East: A Contrite Government|date=14 November 1989|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=16 March 2010 | first=Craig R. | last=Whitney}} (until March 1990). Maleuda supported the reforms and took part in the round table negotiations.

Although his party merged with the CDU in October 1990, Maleuda refused to be a member of the Christian Democratic Union.

In 1994 he was elected as a (non-party) member of the Bundestag (German Parliament) on the PDS list.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/19/world/germany-s-ex-communists-promise-to-behave-in-parliament.html?pagewanted=1|title=Germany's Ex-Communists Promise to Behave in Parliament|date=19 October 1994|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=16 March 2010 | first=Stephen | last=Kinzer}} He remained a member until 1998.