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Ingeburg Lange
German politician (1927–2013) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ingeburg "Inge" Lange (24 July 1927 – 13 July 2013) was an East German politician.[1]
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Secretary for Woman of the Central Committee Secretariat | |||||||||||||||||||
In office 1978 – 8 November 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by | Erich Honecker | ||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Position abolished | ||||||||||||||||||
Head of the Department for Woman of the Central Committee | |||||||||||||||||||
In office August 1961 – 8 November 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by | Hilde Krasnogolowy | ||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Position abolished | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Ingeburg Rosch (1927-07-24)24 July 1927 Leipzig, Free State of Saxony, Weimar Republic (now Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 July 2013(2013-07-13) (aged 85) Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
Political party | SED-PDS (1989–1990) | ||||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Socialist Unity Party (1946–1989) Communist Party of Germany (1945–1946) | ||||||||||||||||||
Children | Katja Lange-Müller | ||||||||||||||||||
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Along with Margarete Müller and Margot Honecker she was one of a small number of women to reach the higher ranks in the country's power structure.[2][3] She was the leader of the Women Department of the Central Committee of the country's ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED / Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands).[3] She played a central role in liberalising East German Abortion laws.[2]
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