Gerd Poppe
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Gerd Poppe (25 March 1941 – 29 March 2025) was a German anti-communist activist and politician in the former
German Democratic Republic East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
(GDR). Poppe was born in
Rostock Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...
. He was a member of the
Modrow government The Modrow government refers to the government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) led by Socialist Unity Party (SED) official Hans Modrow from November 1989 until East Germany's first democratically elected government took power on 18 March ...
and, following
German reunification German reunification () was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 October 1990 with the dissolution of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic and the int ...
, sat in the
Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ...
for
Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...
. Poppe served as Special Representative for Human Rights. From 1979 to 1997 he was married to
Ulrike Poppe Ulrike Poppe ( Wick; born 26 January 1953) is a German politician and activist, born in Rostock. She was a member of the East German opposition.1941 births 2025 deaths People from Rostock German politicians Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens Members of the Bundestag for Berlin Members of the Volkskammer University of Rostock alumni {{Germany-politician-stub