Markus Meckel

Markus Meckel
Meckel in 2023
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
12 April 1990 – 20 August 1990
Minister-PresidentLothar de Maizière
Preceded byOskar Fischer
Succeeded byLothar de Maizière (acting)
Leader of the
Social Democratic Party in the GDR
Acting
In office
26 March 1990 – 9 June 1990
Preceded byIbrahim Böhme
Succeeded byWolfgang Thierse
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag
for Uckermark – Barnim I
(Prenzlau – Angermünde – Schwedt – Templin – Gransee; 1990–2002)
In office
20 December 1990 – 27 October 2009
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded bySabine Stüber
Member of the Volkskammer
for Magdeburg
In office
5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1952-08-18) 18 August 1952 (age 72)
Müncheberg, Bezirk Neubrandenburg, East Germany (now Brandenburg, Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany
(1990–)
Other political
affiliations
Social Democratic Party in the GDR (1989–1990)
Alma materKatechetisches Oberseminar Naumburg (Saale)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Theologian

Markus Meckel (born 18 August 1952) is a German theologian and politician. He was the penultimate foreign minister of the GDR and a member of the German Bundestag.