Tino Schwierzina | |
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Lord Mayor of East Berlin | |
In office 30 May 1990 – 11 January 1991 | |
Preceded by | Christian Hartenhauer |
Succeeded by | Thomas Krüger (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Tino Antoni Schwierzina 30 May 1927 Chorzów, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
Died | 29 December 2003 Berlin, Germany | (aged 76)
Political party | SDP, SPD |
Spouse | Brigitte |
Children | 1 |
Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Tino Antoni Schwierzina (30 May 1927 – 29 December 2003) was a German lawyer and politician. Between May 1990 and January 1991 he served as the first and last freely elected mayor[1] of East Berlin.[2] His term of office was dominated by the fusion of the two halves of Berlin[1] which had been politically (and increasingly also, until 1989, physically) divided since before 1949.[3] By some criteria Tino Schwierzina was also the last mayor of East Berlin ahead of reunification.