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Bernhard Quandt
German politician (1903ā1999) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bernhard Quandt (14 April 1903, in Rostock ā 2 August 1999, in Schwerin) was a German politician (SPD, KPD, SED).
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He was Minister-President of Mecklenburg (GDR in 1951/52 and the First Secretary of the SED in Schwerin until 1952.
He was a member of the SPD from 1920 to 1923 and after that of the KPD. Later he was a member of the Staatsrat of the GDR and the Central Committee of the SED.