Karl Mewis

Karl Mewis
Karl Mewis
	Mewis in 1960
Chairman of the; State Planning Commission
	In office; 6 July 1961 – 12 January 1963
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers	Otto Grotewohl;
First Deputy	Rudolf Müller;
Preceded by	Bruno Leuschner
Succeeded by	Erich Apel
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party; in Bezirk Rostock
	In office; 1 August 1952 – 21 July 1961
Second Secretary	Peter Pries; Egon Rentsch; Karl Zylla; Werner Krolikowski; Günther Roloff;
Preceded by	himself (as First Secretary of the SED in Mecklenburg)
Succeeded by	Harry Tisch
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer
	In office; 6 February 1952 – 14 November 1963
Preceded by	Julius Meyer
Succeeded by	multi-member district
Personal details
Born	Karl Mewis; 22 November 1907; Hann. Münden, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Lower Saxony, Germany)
Died	16 June 1987 (aged 79); East Berlin, East Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1987)
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of Germany; (1924–1946)
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Locksmith;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Order of Karl Marx; Star of People's Friendship;
	Central institution membership 1958–1963: Candidate member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1952–1981: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1950–1952: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1960–1963: Member, State Council ; 1951–1952: First Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Mecklenburg ; 1949–1950: Secretary for Agitation and Propaganda, Socialist Unity Party in Mecklenburg ; 1946–1949: Member, Berlin City Council ;

Karl Mewis (22 November 1907 – 16 June 1987) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism, diplomat, politician and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime First Secretary of the SED in Mecklenburg, later Bezirk Rostock and was a candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED. Mewis also briefly served as Chairman of the State Planning Commission before having to step down due to the supply crisis in the GDR.