Ingrid Pankraz (born 28 October 1948) is a former East German bureaucrat and politician who briefly served as Lord Mayor of East Berlin in February 1990.

Ingrid Pankraz
Lord Mayor of East Berlin
In office
15 February 1990 – 23 February 1990
Preceded byErhard Krack
Succeeded byChristian Hartenhauer
Personal details
Born
Ingrid Windisch

(1948-10-28)28 October 1948
Gommern, Saxony-Anhalt, Soviet occupation zone of Germany
Political partySED
PDS
Alma materHochschule für Ökonomie Berlin-Karlshorst
OccupationBureaucrat, politician

After receiving her doctorate in economics at the Hochschule für Ökonomie Berlin-Karlshorst in 1975, Pankraz began her career as a senior executive in the planning commission in East Berlin. In 1989 she was elected to the Magistrate of Berlin and was also confirmed as Deputy Mayor. Upon the resignation of her predecessor, Erhard Krack on 15 February 1990, Pankraz held the office of Lord Mayor for several days. She declined to run in the following election and was succeeded by Christian Hartenhauer.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ "Dr. Ingrid Pankraz" (in German). 1998. Retrieved 29 March 2020.