Hans Adler (politician)

Hans Adler ( January 15, 1920 - April 12, 2000 ) was a German politician ( SED ). He was deputy minister and state secretary in the GDR .

Life

Adler joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). From 1956 to 1958 he was Deputy Minister and State Secretary in the Ministry of the Chemical Industry of the GDR (successor to Werner Winkler ). After the dissolution of the ministry, he acted from 1958 to 1960 as sector head and deputy head of the main chemistry department of the State Planning Commission , from 1961 to 1963 as deputy chairman of the GDR's economics council and head of the chemistry department in the economics council, and from May 1963 to 1965 again as deputy Head of the Chemistry Department of the State Planning Commission. From 1966 to 1984 he worked again as Deputy Minister for the Chemical Industry. He then acted as government representative of the GDR in the GDR / Republic of Poland mixed commission for the "Friendship" oil pipeline . On January 31, 1990 he was released from his position by the Modrow government for reasons of age and Joachim Hausknecht was confirmed as his successor.

Adler last lived in Berlin and died at the age of 80.

Awards

1960 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver and 1980 in gold
1963 Commander's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland
1967 Order of the Red Banner of Labor (USSR)
1976 Honorary title of Honored Chemical Worker of the German Democratic Republic

literature

Günther Buch: names and dates. Biographies of important people in the GDR. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn-Bad Godesberg 1973, ISBN 3-8012-0020-5 , p. 2.
Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 4 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

Individual evidence

↑ 13th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the GDR on February 8, 1990. In: BArch DC 20-I / 3/2910.
↑ Ancestry's obituary (accessed June 7, 2017).
^ "Friendship" in five languages . In: Neues Deutschland , January 15, 1964, p. 7.
↑ High Soviet awards for citizens of the GDR . In: Neues Deutschland, November 21, 1967, p. 2.

personal data
SURNAME	Adler, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SED)
DATE OF BIRTH	January 15, 1920
DATE OF DEATH	April 12, 2000

[1] 13th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the GDR on February 8, 1990. In: BArch DC 20-I / 3/2910.

[2] Ancestry's obituary (accessed June 7, 2017).

[3] "Friendship" in five languages . In: Neues Deutschland , January 15, 1964, p. 7.

[4] High Soviet awards for citizens of the GDR . In: Neues Deutschland, November 21, 1967, p. 2.