Wilhelm Koenen

Wilhelm Koenen
Wilhelm Koenen
	Koenen in 1947
Chairman of the; Socialist Unity Party in Saxony
	In office; 21 April 1946 – 4 December 1948 Serving with Otto Buchwitz
Deputy	Otto Schön; Erich Mückenberger;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ernst Lohagen; Erich Mückenberger
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Volkskammer; for Berlin
	In office; 18 March 1948 – 19 October 1963
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Member of the Landtag of Prussia; for Merseburg
	In office; 25 May 1932 – 31 March 1933
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the Reichstag; for Merseburg
	In office; 24 June 1920 – 31 July 1932
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Member of the National Assembly; for Merseburg
	In office; 6 February 1919 – 21 May 1920
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	7 April 1886; Hamburg, German Empire
Died	19 October 1963 (aged 77); East Berlin, East Germany
Resting place	Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
Party	SPD (1903–1917); USPD (1917–1920); KPD (1920–1946); SED (after 1946)
Spouse	Emmy Damerius (m. 1937)
Children	Heinrich; Johanna;
Relatives	Bernard Koenen (brother)
Occupation	Journalist; Politician;
Awards	Order of Karl Marx
	Central institution membership 1946–1963: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1923–1926: Full member,; KPD Politburo ; 1923–1924; 1929–1946: Full member,; KPD Central Committee ; Other offices held 1946–1949: Member,; Landtag of Saxony ; 1929–1932: Member,; Prussian State Council ; 1929–1931: Political Leader,; Halle-Merseburg KPD ; 1926–1932: Member,; Berlin City Council ; 1919–1920: Member,; Halle City Council ; 1918–1919: Commissar,; Halle-Merseburg Workers' and Soldiers' Council ;

Wilhelm Koenen (7 April 1886 – 19 October 1963) was a German communist journalist and politician who served in several legislative positions in the Weimar Republic and East Germany between 1919 and 1963. He also served as the first co-chairman of the Socialist Unity Party in Saxony from 1946 to 1948.