Gerhard Pohl
Gerhard Pohl (born August 16, 1937 in Guben ; † May 30, 2012 at Jessern in Schwielochsee ) was a German engineer and CDU member of the People's Chamber of the GDR. From April to August 1990 he was Minister for Economic Affairs of the GDR .
Life
Born as the son of a weaver, Gerhard Pohl completed an apprenticeship as a cloth maker . 1955 to 1958 he studied at the engineering school for textile technology in Forst (Lausitz) with a degree as an engineer for textile technology. From 1959 to 1967 he worked as an operations assistant and technologist at VEB Vereinigte Feintuchwerke Forst. He completed a distance learning course at the Technical University of Dresden in 1969 with a degree in engineering. Has worked as director for research and product development since 1977, and received his doctorate in 1978 as a Dr. oec. From 1986 to 1990 Pohl was the first deputy director of operations at VEB Forster Tuchfabriken .
Pohl's political path began when he joined the GDR CDU in 1958. Since 1972, Pohl has been a member of the board of the CDU Forest District Association (Lausitz) . In 1989 he was a brief member of the GDR's CDU party executive. From 1981 to 1990 Gerhard Pohl was a member of the People's Chamber of the GDR.
On April 12, 1990, Pohl was appointed Minister of Economics to the GDR Council of Ministers headed by Prime Minister Lothar de Maizière .
After he was found to be complicit in the economic misery in the GDR, he asked for his release. De Maizière accepted this offer of resignation on August 22, 1990.
After the fall of the Wall, Gerhard Pohl was managing partner of a company for the development of refined plastics in Forst / Lausitz. He was also chairman of Forster Tuchmacher e. V.
Gerhard Pohl was an avid sailor. Since 1959 was a member of the association "Seglergemeinschaft Schwielochsee" in Jessern. On May 30, 2012, he was found lifeless in the Schwielochsee .
Pohl worked as an unofficial employee at the Ministry for State Security .
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice ( memento from December 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in the Lausitzer Rundschau
- ↑ Biographical Handbook of the 10th People's Chamber of the GDR (1990) , Christopher Hausmann, Verlag Böhlau, Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2000, ISBN 3-412-02597-6
- ↑ Gerhard Pohl in the Munzinger archive , accessed on June 1, 2012 ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- ↑ Treuhand internal DIARY , Ed. Birgit Breuel , Verlag Ullstein, Berlin 1993, p. 43, ISBN 3-548-36614-7
- ↑ I want my children no longer to have to lie , Lothar de Maizière , Verlag Herder, Freiburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-451-30355-5 , p. 276
- ^ GDR Minister Pohl is dead The 74-year-old former CDU politician drowned in the Schwielochsee. In: Märkische Allgemeine. June 1, 2012, accessed March 25, 2013 .
- ↑ The CDU heads the Stasi list. In: taz. October 1, 1990, accessed February 12, 2020 .
literature
- Lothar de Maizière : I want my children no longer to have to lie. Herder, Freiburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-451-30355-5 , pp. 155, 201, 276.
- Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Gerhard Pohl . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Speech by Dr. Gerhard Pohl (CDU / DA) on April 12, 1990 in the Volkskammer , accessed on June 1, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pohl, Gerhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pohl, Karl Gerhard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), MdV and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guben |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 2012 |
| Place of death | Schwielochsee |