Ingrid Pankraz (born 28 October 1948) is a former

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

bureaucrat and politician who briefly served as

Lord Mayor of East Berlin The Governing Mayor (german: Regierender Bürgermeister) of Berlin is the head of government, presiding over the Berlin Senate. As Berlin is an independent city as well as one of the constituent States of Germany (''Bundesländer''), the office ...

in February 1990. 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 East Berlin was the ''de facto'' capital city of East Germany from 1949 to 1990. Formally, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet sector of Berlin, established in 1945. The American, British, and French sectors were known as ...

. 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 Erhard Krack (9 January 1931 – 13 December 2000) was a German politician and mayor of East Berlin from 1974 to 1990. Born in Danzig, he was a member of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). He was also a deputy in the Volkskammer __NOTOC__ T ...

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.

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1948 births Living people Mayors of East Berlin People from Gommern Socialist Unity Party of Germany politicians {{Germany-SED-politician-stub