[2] From November 1989 to April 1990 he was the President of the People's Chamber (East German Parliament).

In 1950 he joined the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands).

On 13 November 1989 he was the successor of Horst Sindermann as President of the People's Chamber[3] (until March 1990).

Although his party merged with the CDU in October 1990, Maleuda refused to be a member of the Christian Democratic Union.

In 1994 he was elected as a (non-party) member of the Bundestag (German Parliament) on the PDS list.