Rosel Walther

Rosel Walther
Rosel Walther
Member of the State Council
	In office; 1971–1989
Member of the Volkskammer
	In office; 1950–1958
	In office; 1967–1990
Personal details
Born	12 January 1928; Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany (now Poland)
Died	24 August 2006 (age 78); Berlin, Germany
Political party	National Democratic Party of Germany (1949–1990); Association of Free Democrats (1990); Free Democratic Party (1990–2006)

Rosel Walther (née Fischer; 12 January 1928 – 24 August 2006) was a German politician who was a member of the Volkskammer and the State Council of East Germany.

Life[edit]

Walther was born in Landsberg an der Warthe, Brandenburg, in 1928. She was a teacher in her early life. She studied at the Deutsche Akademie für Staats- und Rechtswissenschaft [de].^[1]

In 1949 Walther joined the National Democratic Party of Germany (NDPD). She held leadership positions in the party; including as member of the executive board, director of the party academy, and vice chairperson of the NDPD parliamentary group.^[2] In 1964–1969 Walther was a leader of the Democratic Women's League of Germany. She was a member of the World Peace Council and the Peace Council of the GDR [de].^[1]

Walther was a member of the Volkskammer in 1950–1958 and 1967–1990. In 1971 she also became a member of the State Council, the GDR's collective head of state, until 1989.^[2] She retired after the Peaceful Revolution but remained a member of the Association of Free Democrats, which merged with the Free Democratic Party.^[1]

Walther received the Medal of Merit of the GDR [de] in 1959, the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and silver, and the Banner of Labor.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Müller-Enbergs, Helmut. "Müller, Margarete" (in German). Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Baumgartner, Gabriele; Hebig, Dieter (1996). Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ/DDR (in German). Vol. Band 1+2. Munich: K.G. Saur. p. 976. ISBN 9783111699134.

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[müllerenbergs-1] Müller-Enbergs, Helmut. "Müller, Margarete" (in German). Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

[baumgartner-hebig-2] Baumgartner, Gabriele; Hebig, Dieter (1996). Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ/DDR (in German). Vol. Band 1+2. Munich: K.G. Saur. p. 976. ISBN 9783111699134.

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