Günther Jahn

Günther Jahn
Günther Jahn
	Jahn in 1973
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party; in Bezirk Potsdam
	In office; 23 January 1976 – 15 November 1989
Second Secretary	Ulrich Schlaak;
Preceded by	Werner Wittig
Succeeded by	Heinz Vietze
First Secretary of the; Free German Youth
	In office; 13 May 1967 – 9 January 1974
Second Secretary	Dieter Itzerott; Wolfgang Herger;
Preceded by	Horst Schumann
Succeeded by	Egon Krenz
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer
	In office; 25 June 1981 – 5 April 1990
Preceded by	Friedrich Ebert Jr.
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Potsdam-Stadt, Potsdam-Land, №1
	In office; 29 October 1976 – 25 June 1981
Preceded by	Friedrich Kind
Succeeded by	Brunhilde Hanke
Constituency	Potsdam-Stadt, Potsdam-Land, №2
	In office; 14 July 1967 – 29 October 1976
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Willi Grandetzka
Constituency	Arnstadt, Weimar-Land, Apolda, №1
Personal details
Born	9 January 1930; Erfurt, Province of Saxony, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Thuringia, Germany)
Died	29 October 2015 (aged 85); Beelitz-Fichtenwalde, Brandenburg, Germany
Party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1989)
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of Germany; (1946); Party of Democratic Socialism; (1989–1991)
Alma mater	University of Jena; Hochschule für Ökonomie Berlin (Dipl.-Ök.); Akademie für Gesellschaftswissenschaften beim ZK der SED; (Dr. rer. oec.);
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Economist;
Awards	Order of Karl Marx; Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Banner of Labor;
	Central institution membership 1967–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1974–1976: Second Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Potsdam ; 1966–1967: Second Secretary,; Free German Youth ;

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Günther Jahn (9 January 1930 – 29 October 2015) was an East German economist, politician and functionary of the Free German Youth (FDJ) and the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Originally a socialist economist working on Walter Ulbricht's New Economic System, Jahn eventually became First Secretary of the FDJ and later First Secretary of the Bezirk Potsdam SED. Though not known for straying from the party line, he was the first high-ranking SED official to call on Erich Honecker to resign during the Peaceful Revolution.