Kurt Bürger (Karl Wilhelm Ganz; 27 August 1894 – 28 July 1951) was a German politician.
Bürger was born in Karlsruhe, Baden. From 1912 to 1918, he was a representative of the Social Democratic Party. In 1919, he was a cofounder of the Communist Party of Germany.
After World War II, he became a member of the East German Socialist Unity Party and served as minister-president of the East German State of Mecklenburg in 1951.
On 28 July 1951, Bürger died in Schwerin.
See also List of Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians List of German Communist Party members
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