Wolfgang Junker (23 February 1929 – 9 April 1990) was a German construction manager, civil servant and politician of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

[1][2][3]: 85–86 In 1949, he joined the ruling Socialist Unity Party (SED) and studied at the Engineering School for Construction in Osterwieck until 1952.

In October 1979, Junker also became the first official government member of the GDR to visit the West Germany and held discussions with his counterpart, Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development Dieter Haack and State Minister Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski.

[3]: 84–85  The Volkskammer revoked his parliamentary immunity in January 1990, after which he was arrested and put in pre-trial detention in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen on suspicion of embezzlement of state funds and breach of the constitution.

[1][3]: 88 [8][9] He was accused of illicitly collecting 20,000 East German marks annually as an honorary member of the GDR Construction Academy.

[8] He had also appointed SED leader Erich Honecker and his economics czar Günter Mittag as honorary members.