Friedrich Ebert Jr.

Lord Mayor of East Berlin

12 September 1894 Bremen, German Empire

4 December 1979(1979-12-04) (85) East Berlin, German Democratic Republic

30 November 1948 – 5 July 1967

Friedrich "Fritz" Ebert Jr. (12 September 1894 – 4 December 1979) was a German politician and East German communist official, the son of Germany's first president Friedrich Ebert. Ebert was originally a Social Democrat like his father before him, but is best known for his role in the origins of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), in which he served in various positions.