Werner Schmieder (born 11 November 1926) is a former politician who served as the minister of finance in East Germany in the period 1980–1981.
Biography
Schmieder was born in Possendorf, today
Bannewitz
Bannewitz is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated south of Dresden (centre).
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Populated places in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
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, on 11 November 1926.
He received a degree in economy and in 1967 he also obtained PhD in road engineering.
[ Between 1949 and 1955 he worked at Investbank in ]Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...
.[ In 1955 he became a member of the Socialist Unity Party.][ He was the head of the Investbank in Cottbus from 1955 to 1962.][ He served as the deputy minister of finance (1967–1974) and state secretary (1974–1980).][
Schmieder was appointed minister of finance in July 1980 succeeding ]Siegfried Böhm
Siegfried Böhm (20 August 1928–4 May 1980) was an East German politician and long-term finance minister of East Germany. He was in office for nearly fourteen years between 1966 and 1980.
Biography
Böhm was born in Plauen on 20 August 1928. I ...
in the post.Ernst Höfner
Ernst Höfner (1 October 1929 – 24 November 2009) was Finance Minister of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic. Born in Berlin, Höfner graduated with a degree in business. In the 1960s, he was a secretary in the finance ministry. From 1 ...
replaced him in the post.
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20th-century German politicians
1926 births
Finance ministers of East Germany
Living people
Members of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
Members of the Volkskammer
People of the Cold War
People from Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
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