Werner Eggerath

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Werner Eggerath

| alt =

| image = File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-19000-3828, Werner Eggerath.jpg

| caption = Eggerath in 1950

| office1 = State Secretary for Church Affairs

| term_start1 = 1957

| term_end1 = 1960

| office2 = Ambassador of the German Democratic Republic to Romania

| term_start2 = 1954

| term_end2 = 1957

| predecessor2 = Georg Ulrich Handke

| successor2 = Georg Stibi

| office3 = Minister-President of Thuringia

| term_start3 = September 2, 1947

| term_end3 = July 23, 1952

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|03|16}}

| birth_place = Elberfeld, German Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|06|16|1900|03|16}}

| death_place = East Berlin, German Democratic Republic

| resting_place = Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde

| occupation =

| years_active =

| party = Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1946-)
Communist Party of Germany (1924-1946)

| alma_mater = International Lenin School

| spouse =

| awards = Order of Karl Marx (1975)
Patriotic Order of Merit Honor clasp, in Gold (1970)
Patriotic Order of Merit Gold, 1st Class (1965)
National Prize of the German Democratic Republic (1960)
Banner of Labor (1960)
Medal for Fighters Against Fascism (1958)
Patriotic Order of Merit Silver, 2nd class (1955)

| allegiance = Ruhr Red Army (1920)
German Empire (1918-1919)

| serviceyears =

| battles = Ruhr Uprising
World War One

}}

Werner Eggerath (16 March 1900 – 16 June 1977) was an East German author and communist politician.{{cite web|url=http://stiftung-aufarbeitung.de/wer-war-wer-in-der-ddr-%2363%3B-1424.html?ID=675|title=Eggerath, Werner * 16.3.1900, † 16.6.1977 Ministerpräsident von Thüringen| author1=Elke Reuter|author2= Helmut Müller-Enbergs|author2-link= Helmut Müller-Enbergs|work=Wer war wer in der DDR?|publisher=Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur|language=German|accessdate=20 January 2015}} He was a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED / Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands) and its first secretary in Thuringia from 21 April 1946 to 1947, already having held that position in the Communist Party of Germany before its merger with the SPD, to create, in April 1946, the SED. After having been Minister of the Interior of Thuringia since May 1947, he became its Minister-President on 9 October 1947, which he stayed until 23 July 1952 when the state was abolished. Eggerath also served as Ambassador to Romania from 1954 to 1957 and as the State Secretary for Church Affairs.