Bernard Koenen

Bernard Koenen
Bernard Koenen
	Koenen in 1961
First Secretary of the; Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Halle
	In office; April 1958 – 21 January 1963
Preceded by	Franz Bruk
Succeeded by	Horst Sindermann
	In office; 1 August 1952 – 1953
Preceded by	Himself (Saxony-Anhalt)
Succeeded by	Heinz Glaser
East German Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
	In office; 1953 – April 1958
Preceded by	Fritz Große
Succeeded by	Georg Stibi
First Secretary of the; Socialist Unity Party in Saxony-Anhalt
	In office; 7 April 1946 – 1 August 1952
Serving with	Bruno Böttge (1946–1948); Werner Bruschke (1948–1949)
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Himself (Bezirk Halle); Franz Bruk (Bezirk Cottbus); Karl Schirdewan; (Bezirk Leipzig); Alois Pisnik (Bezirk Magdeburg)
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Volkskammer; for Halle
	In office; 16 November 1958 – 30 April 1964
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Dieter Ziegler
	In office; 18 March 1948 – 17 October 1954
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
	In office; 18 November 1946 – 2 October 1950
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Personal details
Born	Bernard Johann Heinrich Koenen; 17 February 1889; Hamburg, German Empire
Died	30 April 1964 (aged 75); East Berlin, East Germany
Resting place	Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
Party	SPD (1907–1917); USPD (1917–1920); KPD (1920–1946); SED (after 1946)
Spouse	Frieda Bockentien
Children	Viktor; Alfred;
Relatives	Wilhelm Koenen (brother)
Occupation	Politician; Trade Unionist; Machinist;
Awards	Order of Karl Marx
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire
Years of service	1910–1912; 1914–1916
Battles/wars	World War I
	Central institution membership 1946–1964: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1943–1946: Full member,; KPD Central Committee ; Other offices held 1960–1964: Member,; State Council ; 1924–1929: Member,; Prussian State Council ; 1922–1933: Member,; Landtag of the Province of Saxony ; 1919–1933: Member,; Merseburg City Council ;

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Bernard Johann Heinrich Koenen (17 February 1889 – 30 April 1964) was a German communist politician and trade unionist who served in several legislative positions in the Weimar Republic and East Germany between 1919 and 1964. In the latter state, he also served as First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Saxony-Anhalt from 1946 to 1952, in Bezirk Halle from 1952 to 1953 and again from 1958 to 1963, and as East German ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1958.