Werner Titel

Werner Titel
Werner Titel
	Titel in 1968
Deputy Chairman of the; Council of Ministers
	In office; 14 July 1967 – 25 December 1971
Chairman	Willi Stoph;
Preceded by	Paul Scholz
Succeeded by	Hans Reichelt
Minister for Environmental Protection and Water Management
	In office; 29 November 1971 – 25 December 1971
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers	Willi Stoph;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Hans Reichelt
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Angermünde, Eberswalde-Land, Bad Freienwalde, Seelow, Eisenhüttenstadt-Land
	In office; 14 July 1967 – 25 December 1971
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Max Hüniger
Personal details
Born	Werner Titel; 2 May 1931; Arnswalde, Province of Pomerania, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Choszczno, Poland)
Died	25 December 1971 (aged 40); East Berlin, East Germany
Resting place	Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Political party	Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany; (1950–1971)
Alma mater	Institut für Agrarökonomie (Dipl. agr. oec.); Humboldt University of Berlin (Dr. rer. oec.);
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Farmworker;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit;

Werner Titel (2 May 1931 – 25 December 1971) was a German politician and party functionary of the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD).

In the German Democratic Republic, he emerged as an early expert on environmental policy, eventually leading him to be appointed the GDR's first Environmental Minister.

However, Titel suddenly died under unexplained circumstances shortly afterwards at the age of 40, after the Stasi discovered that Titel had concealed his father's crimes against humanity as SS officer.