Johann Baptist Gradl

Johann Baptist Gradl (25 March 1904 – 2 July 1988), was a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union who was born and died in Berlin.

In 1945 Gradl was among the founders and the leaders of the East German Christian Democratic Union in Berlin and the Soviet occupation zone.

At the end of 1947 he was dismissed by the Soviet occupation forces and he joined the CDU in West Berlin.

In 1966 he became federal minister for all-German issues in the second cabinet of chancellor Ludwig Erhard.

He was a member of the Catholic parish of Mater Dolorosa in Berlin-Lankwitz and he is buried in a tomb of honour in Berlin-Tempelhof.