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Herbert Ziegenhahn
German politician (1921–1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herbert Ziegenhahn (27 October 1921 – 29 June 1993) was a German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).
Quick Facts First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Gera, Second Secretary ...
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![]() Ziegenhahn in 1984 | |||||||||||||
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Gera | |||||||||||||
In office 14 February 1963 – 2 November 1989 | |||||||||||||
Second Secretary |
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Preceded by | Paul Roscher | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Erich Postler | ||||||||||||
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Born | Herbert Ziegenhahn (1921-10-27)27 October 1921 Dankerode, Free State of Anhalt, Weimar Republic (now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) | ||||||||||||
Died | 29 June 1993(1993-06-29) (aged 71) | ||||||||||||
Political party | Socialist Unity Party (1951–1989) | ||||||||||||
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In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime First Secretary of the SED in Bezirk Gera and was a member of the Central Committee of the SED.