Werner Felfe
German politician (1928–1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Werner Felfe (4 January 1928 – 7 September 1988) was a German politician and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).
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Secretary for Agriculture of the Central Committee Secretariat | |||||||||||||||||||
In office 16 April 1981 – 7 September 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||
General Secretary | |||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Gerhard Grüneberg | ||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Werner Krolikowski | ||||||||||||||||||
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Halle | |||||||||||||||||||
In office May 1971 – May 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||
Second Secretary |
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Preceded by | Horst Sindermann | ||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Hans-Joachim Böhme | ||||||||||||||||||
Second Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Halle | |||||||||||||||||||
In office 1968–1971 | |||||||||||||||||||
First Secretary | |||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Gerhard Frost | ||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Dieter Itzerott | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Werner Felfe (1928-01-04)4 January 1928 Großröhrsdorf, Free State of Saxony, Weimar Republic | ||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 September 1988(1988-09-07) (aged 60) East Berlin, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
Resting place | Memorial of the Socialists, Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery | ||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Socialist Unity Party (1946–1988) | ||||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Germany (1945–1946) | ||||||||||||||||||
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In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime First Secretary of the SED in Bezirk Halle and was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED. In the 1980s, he was the powerful SED Agriculture Secretary, instituting various reforms to the GDR's collectivized agricultural sector.
Until his surprising death in September 1988, he was thought of as a potential successor to Erich Honecker.