Fritz Zeuner
Fritz Zeuner (born January 30, 1921 in Dölzig near Altenburg , † April 20, 1982 in Berlin ) was a German agricultural functionary and SED functionary. From 1979 to 1982 he was the acting chairman of the Association of Mutual Farmers Aid (VdgB).
Life
Zeuner, son of a working class family, learned after the elementary and middle school in the occupation of locksmith and was in Leipzig and Schkeuditz operates. From 1940 to 1945 he was drafted for military service in the Wehrmacht .
After the end of the war, Zeuner became a member of the KPD in 1945 and of the SED in 1946. In 1946/1947 Zeuner made up his Abitur at the Workers and Farmers Faculty in Leipzig. Subsequently, he studied from 1947 to 1950 economics at the University of Leipzig , graduating with a diploma economists. In 1950 he worked as the chief clerk in the Ministry of the Interior. From 1951 to 1953 he was head of department and member of the secretariat of the central board of the VdgB, 1953 instructor of the central committee of the SED.
From 1953 to 1961 Zeuner worked as a research assistant and managing director of the German Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Berlin (DAL), 1961/1962 as a research assistant and deputy head of the DAL's research center for agricultural economics in Anklam . From 1962 to 1964 he was chairman of the LPG Hohenreinkendorf in the Uckermark . From 1963 to 1967 he was the successor candidate of the People's Chamber of the GDR.
From 1964 to 1968 and 1969/1970 he was deputy editor-in-chief of the Neuer Tag newspaper in Frankfurt (Oder) . In 1968/1969 he completed his studies at the party college "Karl Marx" of the SED.
From 1970 to 1982 Zeuner acted as general secretary or first secretary of the VdgB central board. From 1979 to 1982 he was acting chairman of the VdgB.
Zeuner was also a member of the secretariat and the presidium of the Solidarity Committee of the GDR .
Awards
- Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1975) and in silver (1981)
literature
- The People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic, 4th electoral period, Staatsverlag der DDR Berlin, 1964, p. 682
- 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. 1043.
- Gerd-Rüdiger Stephan et al. (Ed.): The parties and organizations of the GDR. A manual . Dietz, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-320-01988-0 , p. 1130.
- Andreas Herbst : Zeuner, Fritz . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , August 21, 1975, p. 5.
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of March 6, 1981.
Anton Jadasch (1946–1947) | Kurt Vieweg (1947–1953) | Erich Knorr (1953–1957) | Gottfried Sperling (1957–1970) | Fritz Zeuner (1970–1982) | Manfred Scheler (1982–1990)
Otto Körting (1947–1950) | Friedrich Wehmer (1950–1964) | Ernst Wulf (1964–1979) | Fritz Zeuner (1979–1982) | Fritz Dallmann (1982–1990) | Karl Dammrich (1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeuner, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German agricultural functionary and SED functionary, chairman of the VdgB |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dölzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1982 |
| Place of death | Berlin |