| Office: | Minister of Public Education |
| Term Start: | November 1989 |
| Term End: | 1989 |
| Birth Date: | 22 May 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Wenigtreben, Poland |
| Party: | Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
Helga Labs (born 22 May 1940) is an East German politician who served as the minister of public education of East Germany. As a member of the ruling party Socialist Unity Party (SED), she held several political and public posts in East Germany.
Labs was born in Wenigtreben on 22 May 1940.[1] Between 1955 and 1959 she studied at the institute for teacher training in Rochlitz and received a degree in teaching.[1]
Labs joined the Rochlitz branch of the Free German Youth organization in 1956 and served as its secretary between 1959 and 1960.[1] In 1959 he became a member of the SED.[1] In 1974 she was named as the head of the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation, a youth organization, replacing Egon Krenz in the post.[1] [2] Lab's tenure lasted until 1985,[1] and she was replaced by Wilfried Poßner in the post.[3]
Labs was a member of the central committee of the SED from 1976 to 3 December 1989.[1] She also served as chairman of the teaching and education union.[4] In November 1989 she was appointed minister of public education, replacing Margot Honecker in the post.[5] [6]