Thomas Krüger

Thomas Krüger
Krüger in 2008
7th Lord Mayor of East Berlin
Acting
In office
11 January 1991 – 24 January 1991
Preceded byTino Schwierzina
Succeeded byEberhard Diepgen (Unified Berlin)
Member of the Bundestag
In office
16 October 1994 – 26 September 1998
Personal details
Born (1959-06-20) 20 June 1959
Buttstädt, East Germany
PartySocial Democratic Party
Military service
AllegianceEast Germany
Years of service
1979–1981

Thomas Krüger (born 20 June 1959) is a German politician (SPD). He was a member of the GDR opposition and in 1989, founding member of the Social Democratic Party in the DDR. He served as the final Governing Mayor of East Berlin in 1991.

Krüger was President of the Federal Agency for Civil Education from 2000 to 2025[1] and the President of the German Children's Fund (since 1995). From 1991 to 1994 he was Senator for Family and Youth in Berlin and from 1994 to 1998 a member of the German Bundestag.

Biography

Thomas Krüger in 1990

Thomas Krüger was born in Buttstädt, East Germany on 20 June 1959. Krüger studied protestant theology in East Berlin and Eisenach. He was a member of the GDR opposition. In 1989, he was a founding member of the Social Democratic Party in East Berlin, and the following year he became Deputy Mayor and City Councillor for Internal Affairs Magistrate of East Berlin.[2]

He served on MP of the Bundestag from 1994 to 1998[3]. From 2000 to 2025 Krüger was President of the Federal Agency for Civic Education. From 1995 to 2026, Krüger was president of the German Children's Aid Organization.

Honors

In 2006 he received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2008 he received the Cross of Merit from the Polish Ambassador to Germany at the time, Marek Prawda.

References

  1. ↑ Bildung, Bundeszentrale für politische. "Präsident | bpb". bpb.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Thomas Krüger". Demokratiezentrum Wien (in Austrian German). Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "MdB-Biographien der 13. Wahlperiode / Biographie des MdB Thomas Krüger, SPD". webarchiv.bundestag.de. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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