The Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and its Member Biographies updated 11 January

OMR Prof. Dr Werner Ludwig
1977-1981
OMR Prof. Dr Werner Ludwig served as the Vice-Chairman of the Standing Commission
between October 1977 and November 1981. His first involvement with the Movement was
when he was appointed Chairman of the German Red Cross of the German Democratic
Republic when it was first set up in October, 1952. Later, in 1957, he was elected President
and his appointment was ratified at all subsequent Congresses until 1981, when he stepped
down due to medical reasons. Under his tenure, the German Red Cross was rebuilt after the
Second World War. Internationally, Dr Ludwig has been involved in the Movement’s work.
From 1973 until 1977 he was Vice-President of the League. Outside of the Movement’s
activities, he was elected as a member of the Executive Council of UNICEF and was a
member of the Scientific Council of the Academy for the perfecting of physicians’ education
of the GDR. He holds a Doctors degree (1939) and a Doctorate in Social Hygiene (1962). 86 He
received a Henry Dunant medal in 1983. He was born on December 12 th , 1914 in Mülheim,
Germany and died on December 11 th 2001 in Dresden. 87
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