What is Gerald Götting?
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1986-0617-033, Gerald Götting.jpg|thumb|Götting in June 1986.]] '''Gerald Götting''' (9 June 1923 &ndash; 19 May 2015) was a [[Germans|German]] [[politician]]. He was the [[East Germany|East German]] [[People's Chamber|President of the People's Chamber]] from 12 May 1969 until 29 October 1976. Götting was born in [[Nietleben]], [[Province of Saxony]], now part of [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt]]. During [[World War II]], he served in the [[Reichsarbeitsdienst]] and later in the [[Wehrmacht]]. He was briefly held as a [[POW|prisoner of war]] by [[U.S.]] forces in 1945. Götting died after a long illness on 19 May 2015 in [[Berlin]], aged 91.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.svz.de/nachrichten/newsticker-nord/langjaehriger-chef-der-ddr-cdu-gerald-goetting-tot-id9845471.html|title=Geschichte: Langjähriger Chef der DDR-CDU Gerald Götting tot|language=German|work=[[Schweriner Volkszeitung]]|date=31 May 2015|accessdate=4 June 2015|archive-date=2 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602133156/http://www.svz.de/nachrichten/newsticker-nord/langjaehriger-chef-der-ddr-cdu-gerald-goetting-tot-id9845471.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gotting, Gerald}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Germany]] [[Category:German military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Members of the Volkskammer]] [[Category:People from Halle, Saxony-Anhalt]] [[Category:Politicians from Saxony-Anhalt]] {{Bio-stub}}