Werner Walde

Werner Walde
Walde in 1989
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Cottbus
In office 1 June 1969 – 9 November 1989
Second Secretary	Hans Wetzel Albrecht Schauerhammer
Preceded by	Albert Stief
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Thiel
Volkskammer Member of the Volkskammer for Hoyerswerda, Senftenberg, Weißwasser In office 29 November 1971 – 16 November 1989 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Karin Winkel
Personal details
Born	Werner Walde (1926-02-12)12 February 1926 Döbeln, Free State of Saxony, Weimar Republic
Died	26 June 2010(2010-06-26) (aged 84) Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany
Political party	SED-PDS (1989–1990)
Other political affiliations	Socialist Unity Party (1946–1989) Social Democratic Party (1946)
Alma mater	Party Academy Karl Marx Hochschule für Ökonomie Berlin
Occupation	Politician Party Functionary Teacher
Awards	Verdienstmedaille der DDR Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class Hero of Labour Order of Karl Marx Kampforden „Für Verdienste um Volk und Vaterland“ Distinguished Service Medal of the National People's Army
Central institution membership 1976–1989: Candidate member, Politburo of the Central Committee 1971–1989: Full member, Central Committee Other offices held 1966–1969: Second Secretary, Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Cottbus 1961–1964: First Secretary, Socialist Unity Party in Senftenberg

Werner Walde (12 February 1926 – 26 June 2010) was a German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime First Secretary of the SED in Bezirk Cottbus and was a candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED.