Reuter, Ernst

German politician (SPD, KPD, USPD, SPD)
political mentor of Willy Brandt in the early 1950s

• 1889 born
• 1912 Joined the SPD
• 1918 KPD
• 1922 again in the SPD
• 1926-1931 City councillor for Transportation in Berlin
• 1931-1933 Mayor of Magdeburg
• 1933 Release and manifold incarceration, i.a. in the Lichtenburg concentration camp
• 1934-1945 Exile in Great Britain and in Turkey
• 1947 City councillor for Transportation in Berlin and mayor of Berlin, not recognised by the Soviet occupation authorities
• 1948-1953 Mayor (beginning in 1951: Governing Mayor) of Berlin
• 1953 died

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Biography
SPD Politician in divided Berlin 1947-1956 1947: Feb, July 1948: 24 June, 9 Sept, 5 Dec 1949: 14 Aug 1950: 1/2 April, 21-25 May, 3 Dec 1951: 28 Oct 1952: 24/25 May 1953: 1 Oct 1954: 9 May	Dedicated European and German Patriot 1983-1992 1992: 8 Oct
Politics Policies in and for Berlin 1947–1966