Edith Weingart

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Edith Weingart (born March 15, 1922 ) is a former German politician ( SED ) and women's functionary. She was a member of the Central Committee (ZK) of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED).

Life

Weingart, a commercial clerk by profession, joined the SED in 1948 and was active as a functionary of the Democratic Women's Federation of Germany (DFD): Among other things, she was a training manager at the DFD state school in Thuringia and head of the training department in the DFD district executive board in Erfurt . Later she was a full-time SED functionary, including party secretary in the VEB Thüringer Bekleidungswerk Erfurt and secretary for agitation and propaganda in the SED city leadership in Erfurt. From 1962 to January 1984 she was the first secretary of the SED district leadership in Arnstadt (successor to Richard Gothe ). At the SED district delegate conference on January 14, 1984, she was replaced by Wolfgang Pforte . From 1967 to 1976 she was a candidate, then until 1986 a member of the Central Committee of the SED.

Fonts (selection)

  • Purposeful intensification brings benefits for all of us . In: 15th meeting of the Central Committee of the SED. 2nd / 3rd October 1975 . Dietz, Berlin 1975, pp. 187-190.
  • Every comrade is an active fighter on the ideological front . In: Einheit (1976), No. 4, pp. 472-476.
  • Socialism is changing the face of our homeland . In: The citizen and his hometown . Staatsverlag der DDR, Berlin 1979, pp. 30–33.
  • Party orders for the 1982 plan encourage competition . In: Neuer Weg (1982), pp. 87-90.

Awards

literature

  • Peter Christian Ludz : Party elite in transition: Functional structure, social structure and ideology of the SED leadership . 3. Edition. Westdeutscher Verlag, Cologne / Opladen 1970, p. 333.
  • Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla . KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 989.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The People of January 16, 1984.
  2. ↑ Honor roll . In: Neues Deutschland , March 8, 1962, p. 3.
  3. ↑ Junge Welt, October 8, 1977.
personal data
SURNAME Weingart, Edith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SED), member of the SED Central Committee, DFD functionary
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1922