Werner Wittig (politician)

Werner Wittig
Werner Wittig
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party; in Bezirk Potsdam
	In office; 3 June 1964 – 8 January 1976
Second Secretary	Siegfried Pohl; Werner Eidner; Günther Jahn;
Preceded by	Kurt Seibt
Succeeded by	Günther Jahn
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Gransee, Neuruppin, Kyritz, Wittstock, Pritzwalk
	In office; 14 July 1967 – 8 January 1976
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Werner Kalweit
Personal details
Born	Werner Wittig; 24 October 1926; Lüttewitz, Free State of Saxony, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died	8 January 1976 (aged 49); Potsdam, Bezirk Potsdam, East Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1976)
Other political; affiliations	Social Democratic Party; (1945–1946); Nazi Party; (1944–1945)
Alma mater	CPSU Higher Party School "W. I. Lenin" (Dipl.-Ges.-Wiss.);
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Commercial Clerk;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 2nd class; Banner of Labor; Order of Karl Marx; Medal Brotherhood in Arms;
	Central institution membership 1967–1976: Full member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1961–1964: First Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Brandenburg-Stadt ; 1952–1953: First Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Potsdam-Stadt ;

Werner Wittig (24 October 1926 – 8 January 1976) was a German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

One of a few former Nazis to have a political career in East Germany, Wittig rose to the position of First Secretary of the Bezirk Potsdam SED and became a member of the SED Central Committee.

Wittig's career was only cut short when he surprisingly died in January 1976 at the age of 49.