Heinz Karl Behrendt
Heinz Karl Behrendt also Karl Heinz Behrendt (born May 23, 1913 in Potsdam ; † February 26, 2003 in Berlin ) was a German politician of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From 1965 to 1978 he was Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and responsible for trade with the Federal Republic of Germany .
Life
Behrendt fought from 1939 to 1945 as a commissioned officer of an air regiment news of the German Wehrmacht in World War II . In 1946 he joined the SED and became a calculation tester for textiles at the state government of Brandenburg . In 1951 he moved to the Ministry of Economics and Labor of the State of Brandenburg, where he became head of the main industry department. 1952/53 Behrendt was deputy chairman of the council of the Cottbus district and from 1953 to 1958 vice-president of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of the GDR .
In 1958, Behrendt moved to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and became head of the main department and authorized representative for domestic German trade. In this function he was a negotiating partner of the trustee office for interzonal trade with the Federal Republic of Germany. From 1965 until his retirement in 1978, Behrendt was deputy minister.
Awards
- 1964 Order Banner of Labor
- 1973 Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
- 1978 Gold medal for the Patriotic Order of Merit
Works (selection)
- Heinz Karl Behrendt: Method for the economic analysis of the internal proportions of annual and five-year plans . Agenda, Berlin 1976. DNB 208365168
literature
- 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 .
- Gerd-Rüdiger Stephan et al. (Ed.): The parties and organizations of the GDR. A manual . Dietz, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-320-01988-0 .
- Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Behrendt, Heinz Karl . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Compare the information in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Behrendt, Heinz Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SED) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 2003 |
| Place of death | Berlin |