Hans Reichelt

Hans Reichelt
Reichelt at the 1961 Farmers' Forum
Minister for Environmental Protection and Water Management
In office
9 March 1972 – 11 January 1990
Chairman of the
Council of Ministers
Preceded byWerner Titel
Succeeded byPeter Diederich
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food
In office
20 May 1955 – 7 February 1963
Chairman of the
Council of Ministers
Preceded byPaul Scholz
Succeeded byKarl-Heinz Bartsch (as Chairman of the Agricultural Council)
In office
May 1953 – October 1953
Chairman of the
Council of Ministers
Preceded byWilhelm Schröder
Succeeded byPaul Scholz
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Volkskammer
for Hohenmölsen, Naumburg, Weißenfels, Zeitz
In office
8 November 1950 – 5 April 1990
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1925-03-30) 30 March 1925 (age 99)
Proskau, Province of Upper Silesia, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Prószków, Poland)
Political partyDemocratic Farmers' Party of Germany
(1949–1990)
Other political
affiliations
Nazi Party
(1943–1945)
Alma materBerlin School of Economics and Law
Military service
AllegianceNazi Germany
Branch/serviceWehrmacht
RankLieutenant
Battles/warsSecond World War

Hans Reichelt (born 30 March 1925) is a former German politician of the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD), a GDR-Bloc party. He was Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in 1953 and from 1955 to 1963, and from 1972 to January 1990, Minister of Environmental Protection and Water Management, as well as Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the GDR.