Wolfgang Junker

Wolfgang Junker
Wolfgang Junker
	Junker in 1978
Minister for Construction
	In office; 14 November 1963 – 18 November 1989
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers	Otto Grotewohl; Willi Stoph; Horst Sindermann; Willi Stoph;
Preceded by	Ernst Scholz
Succeeded by	Gerhard Baumgärtel (Construction and Housing)
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Eisleben, Hettstedt, Sangerhausen
	In office; 29 October 1976 – 11 January 1990
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Wolfgang Junker; 23 February 1929; Quedlinburg, Province of Saxony, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Died	9 April 1990 (aged 61); East Berlin, East Germany
Cause of death	Suicide by hanging
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1949–1989)
Alma mater	Ingenieurschule für Bauwesen;
Occupation	Politician; Civil Servant; Construction Manager; Bricklayer;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Order of Karl Marx; Grand Star of Peoples' Friendship;
	Central institution membership 1971–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1967–1971: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1961–1963: First Deputy Minister,; Ministry for Construction ; 1958–1961: Director,; VEB Industriebau Brandenburg ; 1955–1957: Director,; VEB Bagger- und Förderarbeiten Berlin ;

Wolfgang Junker (23 February 1929 – 9 April 1990) was a German construction manager, civil servant and politician of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Starting in 1963, Junker served as the GDR's influential Construction Minister for over two decades, overseeing the country's massive housing programme and the construction of the Palace of the Republic but also the deterioration of the historic inner cities in the 1970s and 1980s. He was also a member of the Central Committee of the SED.

He was forced out of office during the Peaceful Revolution and committed suicide in April 1990 after being indicted on abuse of office charges.