Brunhilde Hanke (née Anweiler; 23 March 1930 – 13 October 2024) was a German politician who was mayor of Potsdam and a member of the State Council of East Germany.
[1] She completed an apprenticeship as a seamstress in 1947, during which she joined the Free German Trade Union Federation.
Her tenure as mayor was marked by the construction of 37,000 apartment units, largely in the Plattenbau style.
[5] Following German reunification, Hanke became a member of the political party Die Linke.
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