Gustav Siemon

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Gustav Siemon (born June 20, 1918 in Lippoldsberg ; † January 17, 2011 in Berlin ) was a German party functionary of the GDR bloc party NDPD . He was chairman of the NDPD state board of Mecklenburg and a member of the People's Chamber of the GDR .

Life

After attending primary school, the son of a worker completed an apprenticeship as a retail bookseller from 1932 to 1935 and then worked in the profession until 1936. He did military service in the Air Force from October 1, 1936 and was used as a pilot and long-range reconnaissance aircraft during World War II. On December 6, 1942 he flew a Junkers Ju 88 D-1 of the 3rd (F) / Aufkl.Gr. Ob.dL and was shot down near Yelets in Soviet captivity . He joined the NKFD in July 1943 and was a co-founder of the BDO in September 1943 . From May to December 1944 he attended the Central Antifa School in Krasnogorsk.

On May 26, 1945 he returned to Germany, was assigned to the group around Gustav Sobottka active in Mecklenburg and in July 1945 a member of the KPD . In 1945 he also became a member of the FDGB and the DKB . In July 1945 he was appointed to the Mecklenburg State Administration and entrusted with the formation of the Culture Department in the Ministry of National Education. After the forced unification of the SPD and KPD , he was a member of the SED from April 1946 to June 1948 . In 1947 he became a member of DSF . In June 1948 he was a co-founder of the NDPD in Mecklenburg. From June 1948 to 1952 he was political manager, deputy chairman and chairman of the NDPD state association in Mecklenburg. From 1948 to 1989 he was a member of the main committee of the NDPD.

In 1948/49 he was a member of the German People's Council , from 1949 to 1973 as a member of the NDPD parliamentary group of the People's Chamber (from 1963 to 1967 and 1971 to 1973 as a Berlin representative). From 1954 to 1958 he was a member of the electoral review committee, from 1958 to 1963 a member of the Standing Committee for General Affairs, from 1967 to 1973 chairman of the mandate review committee of the People's Chamber and from 1967 to 1973 deputy chairman of the NDPD parliamentary group.

From 1949 to 1958 he was a member of the National Council of the National Front of Democratic Germany . In 1948 he was Vice President and 1950/51 President of the IHK Mecklenburg. He completed a distance learning course at DASR Potsdam from 1951 to 1954 with a degree in political science. In 1952 he was director of the state party school of the NDPD in Schwerin-Grambow.

After the districts were formed in the GDR, he was political manager of the NDPD district committee in Suhl in 1952/53 and chairman of the NDPD district committee in Gera from 1953 to 1955. From 1955 to 1961 he was editor-in-chief of the NDPD central organ National-Zeitung (successor to Reinhold Hennig ) and member of the central board of the Association of the German Press . This was followed by an activity from 1961 to 1963 as head of the International Relations Department of the NDPD party executive. From 1963 to December 1985 he was a member of the party executive committee and the presidium of the main committee of the NDPD. From 1963 to 1972 he acted as secretary of the main committee of the NDPD and as such was responsible for party organs and personnel policy. From 1972 to January 9, 1984 he was chairman of the NDPD district committee Cottbus, member of the district committee of the National Front , deputy chairman of the DSF district committee Cottbus and member of the district council of Cottbus.

He was a member of the Presidium of the League for the United Nations of the GDR. Siemon died in Berlin at the age of 92.

Awards

literature

  • Handbook of the People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic, 3rd electoral period, Kongress-Verlag Berlin, 1959, p. 461f.
  • The People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic, 5th electoral period, Staatsverlag der DDR Berlin, 1967, p. 542.
  • Kirsten Nies:  Siemon, Gustav . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey: Air Force Officer Career Summaries, Section S-Z. (PDF) 2017, p. 387 , accessed on October 11, 2019 (English).
  2. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau , January 10, 1984, p. 2.
  3. ↑ http://www.argus.bstu.bundesarchiv.de/ny4556/index.htm
personal data
SURNAME Siemon, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German NDPD functionary, MdV
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Lippoldsberg
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 2011
Place of death Berlin