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Paul Fröhlich
German politician (1913–1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul Fröhlich (21 March 1913 – 19 September 1970) was a German politician and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).
Quick Facts First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Leipzig, Second Secretary ...
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![]() Fröhlich in 1952 | |||||||||||||
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Leipzig | |||||||||||||
In office January 1953 – 19 September 1970 | |||||||||||||
Second Secretary |
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Preceded by | Karl Schirdewan | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Horst Schumann | ||||||||||||
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Born | Paul Fröhlich (1913-03-21)21 March 1913 Niederplanitz, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire (now Zwickau-Niederplanitz, Saxony, Germany) | ||||||||||||
Died | 19 September 1970(1970-09-19) (aged 57) East Berlin, East Germany | ||||||||||||
Political party | Socialist Unity Party (1946–1970) | ||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Germany (1930–1946) | ||||||||||||
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In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime First Secretary of the SED in Bezirk Leipzig and was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED. Until his surprising death in September 1970, he ruled Bezirk Leipzig in a particularly authoritarian manner.