Irmgard Neumann (née Pulß, 16 October 1925 – 22 February 1989) was a member of the State Council of East Germany, the country's collective head of state.

Life

Neumann was born in Hamburg. After graduation from the she worked as a housemaid. Following the Second World War and subsequent creation of the German Democratic Republic, Neumann became a farmer at a

collective farm Collective farming and communal farming are various types of, "agricultural production in which multiple farmers run their holdings as a joint enterprise". There are two broad types of communal farms: agricultural cooperatives, in which member ...

() near Teterow. In 1955 Neumann joined the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD), a bloc party of the National Front. She was a member of the legislature of the

Bezirk Neubrandenburg The Bezirk Neubrandenburg was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Neubrandenburg. History The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. Aft ...

from 1958. In 1960 she joined the executive committee of the Democratic Women's League of Germany. In September of the same year she was elected to the State Council, of which she remained a member until November 1963. Neumann attained a leading role in the DBD in 1963, which she held until 1977. Neumann was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in 1966. She died in 1989.

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* * 1925 births 1989 deaths East German women in politics Democratic Women's League of Germany members Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany politicians Members of the State Council of East Germany Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit {{germany-politician-stub