Ernst Timm

Ernst Timm
Timm (centre) in 1979
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Rostock
In office 28 April 1975 – 12 November 1989
Second Secretary	Heinz Lange
Preceded by	Harry Tisch
Succeeded by	Ulrich Peck
Volkskammer Member of the Volkskammer for Wismar-Stadt, Wismar-Land, Bad Doberan, Grevesmühlen In office 29 October 1976 – 16 November 1989 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Dietmar Huhn
Personal details
Born	Ernst Timm (1926-10-16)16 October 1926 Brandenburg an der Havel, Province of Brandenburg, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Brandenburg, Germany)
Died	15 December 2005(2005-12-15) (aged 79)
Political party	Socialist Unity Party (1950–1989)
Alma mater	CPSU Higher Party School "W. I. Lenin" (Dipl.-Ges.-Wiss.)
Occupation	Politician Party Functionary Aircraft Builder
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class Order of Karl Marx
Central institution membership 1976–1989: Full member, Central Committee Other offices held 1967–1975: First Secretary, Socialist Unity Party in Rostock 1961–1966: Second Secretary, Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Rostock 1953–1955: First Secretary, Free German Youth in Rostock

Ernst Timm (16 October 1926 – 15 December 2005) was a German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime First Secretary of the SED in Bezirk Rostock and was a member of the Central Committee of the SED.