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Fritz Müller (politician)
Fritz Müller (3 December 1920 – 15 April 2001) was an official of East Germany, East Germany's ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED / ''Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands''). He headed up the Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Central Committee, Central Committee's important Departments of the SED Central Committee#Cadre Affairs, Cadre Affairs Department between 1960 and 1989. Life Fritz Müller was born in Forst (Lausitz), on the western shore of the Lusatian Neisse, Neisse River and roughly 25 km (15 miles) to the east of Cottbus, in what was then central Germany. His father made cigarettes. He left school and started on a commercial training in 1937. Nazi Germany, Germany had become a One-party state, one-Nazi Party, party dictatorship during the months following Machtergreifung, January 1933, and in 1938 Fritz Müller became a member of the ruling Nazi Party. He fought as a soldier in the Second World War, en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of The SED Central Committee
The approximately 40 departments of the Central Committee of the SED were the center of the policymaking of East Germany. The departments were assigned to around ten Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Secretariat of the Central Committee, Central Committee Secretaries. Each department was headed by a department head and his deputy. Each department was in turn divided into sectors with sector heads, (political) employees and instructors. While the departments had around 1,000 employees in 1970, by 1987 there were already 2,000 employees. The Central Committee Secretaries had the authority to issue legally binding orders to the respective Council of Ministers of East Germany#Ministries, Ministry, but in practice, the department and sector heads made the decisions. During the Peaceful Revolution, the Presidium of the Party Executive of the Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)#Fall of communism, SED-PDS dissolved the departments of the Central Committee of the SED, effective 31 Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
