Horst Milde

Horst Milde (6 April 1933 – 29 March 2023) was a German politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served as president of the Landtag of Lower Saxony from 1990 to 1998.

Life and career Milde attended the in Breslau from 1943 to 1945. After World War II, his family was expelled, and settled in Leer, Lower Saxony. He completed school there to 1951 at the Ubbo-Emmius-Gymnasium, and then worked for the City of Leer.

He joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 1956. He worked towards a merge of the northern States in Germany, and supported an exchange to his hometown Breslau and reconciliation with Poland.

Milde died on 29 March 2023, at age 89.

Awards 1973: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1996: Ehrenbürger of the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg 1999: Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 2000: Medal "1000 years Breslau" (1000 lat Wrocławia) 2005: Honorary Senator of the 2013: Verdienter Bürger Breslaus (merited citizen of Breslau, Merito de Wratislawia) 2018: Silver Medal of Breslau