Günter Kalwert
Günter Kalwert (born July 15, 1930 in Stettin ) is a former German military lawyer . He was Major General of the NVA and Deputy Minister of Justice in the GDR .
Military career
The son of a laborer was after his school attendance, which he completed with the secondary school leaving certificate, from 1945 to 1948 agricultural worker, pupil and legal intern.
On December 16, 1948, he joined the People's Police , where he was initially a candidate until 1953, later an officer student, group and platoon leader and company commander. During this time he was employed in various people's police stations in Quedlinburg , Burg and Eggesin . In 1949 he joined the SED . In 1953 Kalwert took part in the first law course in the Ministry of the Interior as a course student , and then from 1954 to 1955 he was investigating officer at the Public Prosecutor's Office of the People's Police. From 1955 to 1956 he was a public prosecutor in the main administration of the German People's Police (HVDVP) and then until 1958 deputy public prosecutor for the barracked units of the Ministry of the Interior. In 1958 Kalwert rose to the position of deputy public prosecutor in the command of the German border police , which he remained until 1960.
From 1961 to 1962 he was head of the General Supervision Department at the Chief Military Prosecutor . In 1962, Kalwert became head of the newly created Military Courts Department in the Ministry of Justice and, in 1988, Deputy Minister of Justice in Berlin . It was here that on March 1, 1976 he was appointed major general. Kalwert was replaced as deputy minister by the de Maizière government on June 27, 1990 , but remained head of the military courts department until his dismissal on September 30, 1990.
Awards
- Honorary title Honored Jurist of the German Democratic Republic
- Battle medals "For services to the people and fatherland" in silver
- 1984 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
literature
- Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenzke : The generals and admirals of the NVA. A biographical manual. Christoph-Links Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-86153-209-3 , p. 120., online in the Google book search
- Rüdiger Wenzke, Off to Schwedt! The history of the GDR penal system, Christoph Links Verlag, Berlin, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86153-638-3 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Rüdiger Wenzke, Off to Schwedt! The history of the GDR penal system, p. 62
- ↑ 14th meeting of the Council of Ministers on June 27, 1990 - Federal Archives
- ↑ People's Army (newspaper) No. 10-1984
- ^ New Germany of October 3, 1984
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kalwert, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer and military lawyer, most recently major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |