Christa Zellmer

Christa Zellmer
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
in Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder)
In office
3 November 1988 – 11 November 1989
Second Secretary
  • Günter Grell
Preceded byHans-Joachim Hertwig
Succeeded byBernd Meier
Personal details
Born
Christa Holzheuer

(1930-11-05)5 November 1930
Ströbitz, Province of Brandenburg, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Cottbus-Ströbitz, Brandenburg, Germany)
Died14 October 2002(2002-10-14) (aged 71)
Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg, Germany
Political partySocialist Unity Party
(1947–1989)
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Party Functionary
  • Saleswoman
Awards
Central institution membership

Other offices held

Christa Zellmer (née Holzheuer; 5 November 1930 – 14 October 2002) was a German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

One of only a handful of women in the SED's nomenklatura, Zellmer was a member of the Central Committee of the SED and briefly served as First Secretary of the SED in Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder) for a year on the eve of the Peaceful Revolution.