Erich Mückenberger (8 June 1910 – 10 February 1998)[1] was a German socialist politician.

He began his political career in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Through the merger of SPD and KPD in the Soviet Occupation Zone, Mückenberger became a SED member.

[1] Mückenberger then served as First Secretary of the Thuringia Party District Organization of SED 1949–1952.

In 1980, he was elected as the head of the SED parliamentary group in the Volkskammer (the national parliament of the GDR).

[7] During his political life, Erich Mückenberger participated as a speaker in the remembrance events for the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp at the National Memorial of the GDR.

[10] Mückenberger was expelled from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany/Party of Democratic Socialism (SED-PDS) on 21 November 1990.