Bernhard Quandt

Bernhard Quandt (14 April 1903, in Rostock – 2 August 1999, in Schwerin) was a German politician (SPD, KPD, SED).

He was Minister-President of Mecklenburg (GDR in 1951/52 and the First Secretary of the SED in Schwerin until 1952.

He was a member of the SPD from 1920 to 1923 and after that of the KPD. Later he was a member of the Staatsrat of the GDR and the Central Committee of the SED.