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Wolfgang Herger
Wolfgang Herger (born 10 August 1935) is a German former politician and high-ranking functionary of the Free German Youth (FDJ) and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Socialist Unity Party (SED). A longtime associate of Egon Krenz, in the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime head of the powerful Department of Security Affairs at the Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Central Committee, Central Committee of the SED. During the Peaceful Revolution, ''Wende'', he also briefly served in the Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Politburo of the Central Committee, Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED. Life and career East Germany Herger pursued a degree in philosophy from 1953 to 1958 at University of Jena, Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. Until 1962, he worked as an assistant at the Institute of Philosophy while also being active in the FDJ and later the SED. In 1963, he earned his Doctor of Philosophy#Germany, Dr. phil from the University of Jena with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Unity Party Of Germany
The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (german: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, ; SED, ), often known in English as the East German Communist Party, was the founding and ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany) from the country's foundation in October 1949 until its dissolution after the Peaceful Revolution in 1989. It was a Marxist–Leninist communist party, established in April 1946 as a merger between the East German branches of the Communist Party of Germany and Social Democratic Party of Germany. Although the GDR was a one-party state, some other institutional popular front parties were permitted to exist in alliance with the SED; these parties included the Christian Democratic Union, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Farmers' Party, and the National Democratic Party. In the 1980s, the SED rejected the liberalisation policies of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, such as '' perestroika'' and '' glasnost'', which would le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
