Otto Arndt

Otto Arndt
Minister of Transport
In office 15 December 1970 – 7 November 1989
Preceded by	Erwin Kramer
Succeeded by	Heinrich Scholz
General Director of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
In office 1970 – 1989
Preceded by	Erwin Kramer
Succeeded by	Herbert Keddi
Member of the Volkskammer
In office 1976 – March 1990
Personal details
Born	19 July 1920 Aschersleben, German Reich
Died	3 February 1992 (1992-02-04) (aged 71) Berlin, Germany
Political party	PDS SED
Occupation	Politician
Military service
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Branch/service	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1942 – 1943
Rank	Obergefreiter
Wars	World War II

Otto Arndt (19 July 1920 – 3 February 1992) was an East German politician who served as minister of transport and General Director of the Deutsche Reichsbahn from 1970 until 1989.

Biography

The son of a locomotive driver, Arndt was born in Aschersleben in 1920 and was trained as a locksmith. He served in the Luftwaffe during World War II with the rank of Obergefreiter. After the war, he trained to become a railway inspector and began his career in the Reichsbahn. Arndt was also very politically active and was a founding member of the Socialist Unity Party in the newly created German Democratic Republic.

In 1970, Arndt succeeded Erwin Kramer as Minister of Transport and Director of the Deutsche Reichsbahn and served in those capacities until he resigned alongside other government ministers in November 1989. He was also a member of the Volkskammer until March 1990.

See also

• Council of Ministers of East Germany
• Transport in the German Democratic Republic

External links

• Media related to Otto Arndt at Wikimedia Commons