Horst Scholtz

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Horst Scholtz (born June 24, 1924 in Cosel ; † February 7, 2013 ) was a German politician ( SED ). From 1965 to 1973 he was State Secretary in the GDR .

Life

Scholtz became a technical draftsman in Brandenburg an der Havel after attending primary school . On September 1, 1942, he joined the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP).

After the Second World War he joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). He qualified as an engineer and became an economic functionary. On June 2, 1957, he was one of the founders of the General German Motorsport Association (ADMV) in East Berlin .

From 1958 to 1960 he was deputy head of the general mechanical engineering department of the State Planning Commission and from 1961 to 1965 chief director of VVB Mechanik Leipzig. From March 25, 1965, he acted as State Secretary and 1st Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Internal German Trade and Foreign Trade and, from 1967, of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. From 1969 to October 1973 he was State Secretary in the Ministry of Processing Machinery and Vehicle Construction. On July 13, 1972 he was appointed by the GDR Council of Ministers as a member of the Council for Agriculture and Food Industry (RLN). From 1973 to September 1975 he was Deputy Minister for General Machinery, Agricultural Machinery and Vehicle Construction.

In 1991 he was elected to the new ADMV Presidium as Vice President. Scholtz died at the age of 88.

Awards

literature

  • Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1979, ISBN 3-8012-0034-5 , p. 282.
  • Olaf Kappelt : Brown Book DDR - Nazis in the GDR , Elisabeth Reichmann Verlag, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-923137-00-1 , p. 360.
  • Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla. KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 803 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Olaf Kappelt : Brown Book GDR: Nazis in the GDR . 2nd Edition. Berlin Historica, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-939929-12-3 , pp. 510 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  2. ^ Council of Ministers confirmed 115 RLN members . In: Berliner Zeitung , July 14, 1972, p. 2.
  3. ↑ ADMV Honorary President Horst Scholtz has passed away (accessed on June 21, 2017).
personal data
SURNAME Scholtz, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SED)
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Cosel , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 2013