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Günter Sieber
German politician (1930–2006) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Günter Sieber (11 March 1930 – 26 November 2006) was a German politician, diplomat and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).
Quick Facts Secretary for International Politics and Economics of the Central Committee Secretariat, General Secretary ...
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Secretary for International Politics and Economics of the Central Committee Secretariat | |||||||||||||
In office 8 November 1989 – 3 December 1989 | |||||||||||||
General Secretary | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Hermann Axen | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Position abolished | ||||||||||||
Head of the Department for International Relations of the Central Committee | |||||||||||||
In office December 1980 – 8 November 1989 | |||||||||||||
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Preceded by | Egon Winkelmann | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Bruno Mahlow | ||||||||||||
Minister for Trade and Supply | |||||||||||||
In office 25 March 1965 – 22 November 1972 | |||||||||||||
Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Gerhard Lucht | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Gerhard Briksa | ||||||||||||
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Born | Günter Sieber (1930-03-11)11 March 1930 Ilmenau, Free State of Thuringia, Weimar Republic (now Germany) | ||||||||||||
Died | 26 November 2006(2006-11-26) (aged 76) Strausberg, Brandenburg, Germany | ||||||||||||
Political party | Socialist Unity Party (1948–1989) | ||||||||||||
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In the German Democratic Republic, he served as Trade and Supply Minister, ambassador to Poland and, most notably, as the longtime head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee of the SED. During the Wende, he also briefly served in the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED as a candidate member.