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Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski
East German politician (1932–2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski (3 July 1932 – 21 June 2015) was a politician and trader in the German Democratic Republic. He was director of a main department ('Hauptverwaltungsleiter') in the Ministry for Foreign Trade and German Domestic Trade (1956–62), the Deputy Minister for External Trade (1967–75), and head of the GDR's Kommerzielle Koordinierung (KoKo, 1966–86).[1]
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Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski | |
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![]() Schalck-Golodkowski in 1988 | |
Head of the KoKo State Secretary in the Ministry for Foreign Trade[lower-alpha 1] | |
In office 7 December 1966 – 6 December 1989 | |
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Preceded by | Horst Roigk |
Succeeded by | Karl-Heinz Gerstenberger (acting) |
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Born | (1932-07-03)3 July 1932 Treptow, Berlin, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Germany) |
Died | 21 June 2015 (2015-06-22) (aged 82) Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, Germany |
Political party | Socialist Unity Party (1955–1989) |
Spouses | Margareta Becker
(m. 1955; div. 1975)Sigrid Gutmann (m. 1976) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Hochschule für Außenhandel Juristische Hochschule des MfS |
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