Anni Neumann

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Anni Neumann (born 13 November 1926) is a retired East German politician who served between 1967 and 1971 as a member of the State Council of East Germany.^[1]^[2]

Life

Neumann was born in Stettin, Prussia, in 1926. In her early life she was an agricultural worker. Starting in the 1950s she had a shipbuilding career at Neptun Werft in Rostock, and completed a diploma at the University of Rostock (WPU) in 1961. She ultimately became director of cadre and training at the shipyard in 1971 until retiring in 1981.^[2]

Neumann joined the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB) in 1946, the Free German Youth (FDJ) in 1947 and Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1949. She held an FDJ leadership position for several years.^[1]

She was elected to the Volkskammer in 1954, and later (1976) became part of the parliament's constitutional and legal committee. In 1964 she became a member of the State Council, which was East Germany's collective head of state, until 1971.^[2]

Neumann was awarded the Medal of Merit of the GDR [ de ] and the Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze.^[2]

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References

1 2 Helmut Müller-Enbergs. "Neumann, Anni". Wer war wer in der DDR? (in German). Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin & Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
1 2 3 4 Sigfrid Fritzlar. (author of this entry); "Gabriele Baumgartner (compiler-editor); Dieter Hebig (compiler-editor) (24 May 2012). Neumann, Anni. Walter de Gruyter. p. 594. ISBN 978-3-11-169913-4 . Retrieved 27 November 2019.{{cite book}}: |author1= has generic name (help); |work= ignored (help)

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[AHlautwww-1] 1 2 Helmut Müller-Enbergs. "Neumann, Anni". Wer war wer in der DDR? (in German). Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin & Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

[BaumgartnerHebig2012-2] 1 2 3 4 Sigfrid Fritzlar. (author of this entry); "Gabriele Baumgartner (compiler-editor); Dieter Hebig (compiler-editor) (24 May 2012). Neumann, Anni. Walter de Gruyter. p. 594. ISBN 978-3-11-169913-4 . Retrieved 27 November 2019.{{cite book}}: |author1= has generic name (help); |work= ignored (help)

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