Anton Plenikowski (19 November 1899 – 3 March 1971) was a German communist politician of the Free City of Danzig and East Germany.
Plenikowski was born in Zoppot,[1] then a German town on the country's "North Sea" coast.
He served in the German Army in World War I and became a member of the Soldier's and Workers' council of Breslau in 1918.
[3] After the ban on the Communist Party on 28 May 1934 by the Nazi Government, it continued to run in the 1935 Volkstag elections as "List Plenikowski".
Plenikowski was a member of the Volkskammer in 1950-1967, candidate to the Central Committee of the SED (1954–1967) and head of the office of the council of ministers (1956–1963).