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Georg Ewald
German politician (1926–1973) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Georg Ewald (30 October 1926 – 14 September 1973) was a German politician and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).
Quick Facts Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Chairman of theCouncil of Ministers ...
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![]() Ewald (right) in 1972 | |||||||||||||
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||
In office 9 February 1963 – 14 September 1973 | |||||||||||||
Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Karl-Heinz Bartsch | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Heinz Kuhrig | ||||||||||||
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Neubrandenburg | |||||||||||||
In office October 1960 – 16 February 1963 | |||||||||||||
Second Secretary |
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Preceded by | Max Steffen | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Johannes Chemnitzer | ||||||||||||
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Born | Georg Ewald (1926-10-30)30 October 1926 Buchholz, Province of Pomerania, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Gremersdorf-Buchholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) | ||||||||||||
Died | 14 September 1973(1973-09-14) (aged 46) near Gotha, Bezirk Erfurt, East Germany | ||||||||||||
Resting place | Memorial of the Socialists, Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery | ||||||||||||
Political party | Socialist Unity Party (1946–1973) | ||||||||||||
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In the German Democratic Republic, he briefly served as the First Secretary of the SED in Bezirk Neubrandenburg and, most notably, as the longtime GDR Agriculture Minister and as a candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED.
Ewald died in a car accident in 1973.