Fritz Zeuner

Fritz Zeuner (1921-1982) was an East German politician, who was Chairman of the Peasants Mutual Aid Association from 1979 to 1982.

Fritz Zeuner
Chairman of the Peasants Mutual Aid Association
In office 1979–1982
Preceded by	Ernst Wulf
Succeeded by	Fritz Dallmann
Personal details
Born	30 January 1921 Dölzig, Altenburger Land, Thuringia, Weimar Republic
Died	20 April 1982 (age 61) East Berlin, German Democratic Republic
Political party	Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1946-) Communist Party of Germany (1945-1946)
Other political affiliations	Peasants Mutual Aid Association (VdgB)
Alma mater	University of Leipzig Parteihochschule Karl Marx
Occupation	Politician
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, in Silver (1981) Patriotic Order of Merit, in Bronze (1975)
Military service
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Branch/service	Wehrmacht
Years of service	1940-1945
Battles/wars	World War Two

He served in the Wehrmacht in World War II, and joined the Communist Party of Germany in 1945. He attended the University of Leipzig, where he studied economics. Zeuner was active in the VdgB from its founding in the late 1940s, and was director of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Berlin from 1953 to 1961. In 1979, he became Chairman of the VdgB, and remained at that post until his death in 1982.^[1][2][3]

References

1. Die Volkskammer der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 4. Wahlperiode, Staatsverlag der DDR Berlin, 1964, p. 682
2. Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (ed.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ/DDR. 1945–1990. vol. 2. K. G. Saur Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0, p. 1043.
3. Gerd-Rüdiger Stephan et al. (ed.): Die Parteien und Organisationen der DDR. Ein Handbuch. Dietz, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-320-01988-0, p. 1130.

Political offices
Preceded by Ernst Wulf	Chairman of the Peasants Mutual Aid Association 1979–1982	Succeeded by Fritz Dallmann