Ludwig Mecklinger

Ludwig Mecklinger
Ludwig Mecklinger
	Mecklinger in 1986
Minister of Health
	In office; 29 November 1971 – 27 January 1989
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers	Willi Stoph; Horst Sindermann; Willi Stoph;
Preceded by	Max Sefrin
Succeeded by	Klaus Thielmann
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Eisenach, Gotha
	In office; 25 June 1981 – 5 April 1990
Preceded by	Alois Bräutigam
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	14 November 1919; Buchdorf, Bavaria, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died	22 June 1994 (aged 74); Berlin, Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1989)
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of Germany; (1945–1946)
Alma mater	Leipzig University; University of Hamburg; Humboldt University of Berlin; Deutsche Akademie für Staats- und Rechtswissenschaft „Walter Ulbricht“ (Dipl.-Jur.);
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class;
	Central institution membership 1986–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1976–1986: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1969–1971: First Deputy Minister,; Ministry of Health ; 1964–1969: Deputy Minister,; Ministry of Health ;

Ludwig Mecklinger (14 November 1919 – 22 June 1994) was a German politician who was one of the health ministers of East Germany and a member of the ruling party Socialist Unity Party (SED). He had degrees both in medicine and law.