Ernst Reuter
Ernst Reuter | |
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Reuter in 1951 | |
| Governing Mayor of Berlin (West Berlin) | |
| In office 1 February 1951 – 29 September 1953 | |
| President | Theodor Heuss |
| Chancellor | Konrad Adenauer |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Lord Mayor of Greater Berlin) |
| Succeeded by | Walther Schreiber |
| Lord Mayor of Greater Berlin (West Berlin only) | |
| In office 24 June 1947 – 1 February 1951 | |
| Preceded by | Otto Ostrowski Louise Schroeder (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Governing Mayor of Berlin) |
| Member of the Reichstag for Magdeburg | |
| In office 31 July 1932 – 22 June 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Chairman of the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| In office October 1918 – March 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Adam Reichert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter 29 July 1889 Apenrade, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (present-day Aabenraa, Denmark) |
| Died | 29 September 1953 (aged 64) |
| Resting place | Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf, Berlin |
| Party | RSDRP(b) (1917–1919) KPD (1921–1922) USPD (1922) SPD (1922–1953) |
| Spouse | Hanna Kleinert |
| Children | Edzard Reuter |
| Alma mater | Philipps-Universität Marburg |
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Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter (29 July 1889 – 29 September 1953) was a German politician who was the mayor of West Berlin from 1948 to 1953, during the Cold War. He played a significant role in unifying the divided sectors of Berlin and publicly and politically took a stand against the Soviet Union.