Brunhilde Hanke
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Preceded byWilhelm Rescher
Succeeded byWilfried Seidel
Died13 October 2024 (aged 94)
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Brunhilde Hanke | |
|---|---|
| Member of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic | |
| In office July 13, 1967 – April 5, 1990 | |
| Member of the Volkskammer | |
| In office October 20, 1963 – March 18, 1990 | |
| Mayor of Potsdam | |
| In office 1961–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Wilhelm Rescher |
| Succeeded by | Wilfried Seidel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Brunhilde Anweiler 23 March 1930 |
| Died | 13 October 2024 (aged 94) Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany |
| Party | Die Linke Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1946–1989) |
| Spouse | Helmut Hanke |
| Children | Bärbel Dalichow |
| Alma mater | Parteihochschule Karl Marx |
| Awards | Patriotic Order of Merit, in silver (1979) Patriotic Order of Merit, in bronze (1974) |
Brunhilde Hanke (née Anweiler; 23 March 1930 – 13 October 2024) was a German politician who was mayor of Potsdam and a member of the State Council of East Germany.
Hanke was born in Erfurt into a working-class family.[1] She completed an apprenticeship as a seamstress in 1947, during which she joined the Free German Trade Union Federation. She soon also became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and its youth organisation, the Free German Youth (FDJ). In 1951–52, she studied at the Komsomol academy in Moscow. She completed a diploma in social sciences at the Parteihochschule Karl Marx in 1962.[2]
