Günther Maleuda (20 January 1931 – 18 July 2012) was an East German politician.^[2] From November 1989 to April 1990 he was the President of the People's Chamber (East German Parliament).^[2]

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Günther Maleuda
Maleuda in 1989
Leader of the Democratic Farmers' Party
In office 27 March 1987 – 25 June 1990
Preceded by	Ernst Mecklenburg
Succeeded by	Ulrich Junghanns
President of the Volkskammer
In office 13 November 1989 – 5 April 1990
Deputy	Gerald Götting
Preceded by	Horst Sindermann
Succeeded by	Sabine Bergmann-Pohl
Leader of the DBD/DFD group in the Volkskammer
In office March 1990 – 1 September 1990
Preceded by	Erwin Binder (DBD) Hannelore Hauschild (DFD)
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Bundestag for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern In office 10 November 1994 – 26 October 1998 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by multi-member district Constituency Party of Democratic Socialism List Member of the Volkskammer for Schwerin (Arnstadt, Apolda, Weimar-Stadt, Weimar-Land;[1] 1981–1990) In office 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Constituency abolished In office 25 June 1981 – 5 April 1990 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1931-01-20)20 January 1931 Alt Beelitz, Province of Brandenburg, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Drezdenko, Poland)
Died	18 July 2012(2012-07-18) (aged 81) Bernau bei Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Party of Democratic Socialism (Bundestag group) Democratic Farmers' Party (1950–1990)
Children	3
Occupation	Politician civil servant party clerk Farmer Economist

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He was born in Alt Beelitz, (today Stare Bielice, Poland). In 1950 he joined the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands). From 1952 to 1955 he studied Economics.

From 1958 to 1967 Maleuda was a member of the district council of Königs Wusterhausen, from 1967 to 1976 a member of the district council of Potsdam and from 1976 to 1982 he was a member of the district council of Halle. In 1981 he was elected as a member of the People's Chamber.

From 1977 to 1990 he was a member of the Presidium of the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD). On 27 March 1987 Maleuda became chairman of the DBD and at the same time a deputy chairman of the Council of State.

On 13 November 1989 he was the successor of Horst Sindermann as President of the People's Chamber^[3] (until March 1990). Maleuda supported the reforms and took part in the round table negotiations.

Although his party merged with the CDU in October 1990, Maleuda refused to be a member of the Christian Democratic Union.

In 1994 he was elected as a (non-party) member of the Bundestag (German Parliament) on the PDS list.^[4] He remained a member until 1998.