Werner Scheler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Werner Scheler

German politician and pharmacologist

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1923

Place of Birth: Coburg, Germany

Date of Death: 09-Oct-2018

Profession: politician, university teacher, pharmacologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Werner Scheler (12 September 1923 – 9 October 2018) was a German physician and pharmacologist.Between 1959 and 1971 he worked at the University of Greifswald where he served as the Director of the university's Institute of Pharmacology and as a teaching professor in his subject, subsequently also becoming the University Rector following the death of Georg Tartler.
Later, between 1979 and 1990, Scheler was the penultimate president of the (East) German Academy of Sciences.Like many leading academics in the German Democratic Republic, Werner Scheler also pursued a career in national politics.
At the end of 1978 he was elected to membership of the powerful Party Central Committee.