Karl Mewis

Karl Mewis
Mewis in 1960
Chairman of the
State Planning Commission
In office
6 July 1961 – 12 January 1963
Chairman of the
Council of Ministers
First Deputy
  • Rudolf Müller
Preceded byBruno Leuschner
Succeeded byErich Apel
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
in Bezirk Rostock
In office
1 August 1952 – 21 July 1961
Second Secretary
Preceded byhimself (as First Secretary of the SED in Mecklenburg)
Succeeded byHarry Tisch
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer
In office
6 February 1952 – 14 November 1963
Preceded byJulius Meyer
Succeeded bymulti-member district
Personal details
Born
Karl Mewis

(1907-11-22)22 November 1907
Hann. Münden, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Lower Saxony, Germany)
Died16 June 1987(1987-06-16) (aged 79)
East Berlin, East Germany
Political partySocialist Unity Party
(1946–1987)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of Germany
(1924–1946)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Party Functionary
  • Locksmith
Awards
Central institution membership

Other offices held

Karl Mewis (22 November 1907 – 16 June 1987) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism, diplomat, politician and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime First Secretary of the SED in Mecklenburg, later Bezirk Rostock and was a candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED. Mewis also briefly served as Chairman of the State Planning Commission before having to step down due to the supply crisis in the GDR.