Joachim Prague
Joachim Prag (born November 19, 1937 in Dessau ; † June 30, 2012 in Dresden ) was an FDJ and SED functionary. He was first secretary of the FDJ district leadership in Leipzig and first secretary of the SED city leadership in Leipzig .
Life
After attending primary school, the son of a working-class family learned the trade of electrical machine builder in the Dessau electric motor factory. He became a member of the FDJ and the SED. After he had passed the special maturity examination, he studied from 1959 at the Pedagogical Institute in Leipzig , which he graduated as a high school teacher for German and history. From 1964 to 1969 he was the first secretary of the FDJ district leadership in Eilenburg . From 1969 to 1971 he was secretary for culture, sport and tourism and from 1971 to 1976 first secretary of the FDJ district management in Leipzig. From 1971 to 1976 he was also a member of the SED district leadership in Leipzig and its secretariat, a member of the Leipzig district assembly and a member of the central council of the FDJ.
Prague completed a degree at the Academy for Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the CPSU and was then first secretary of the SED district leadership in Döbeln from 1976 to 1984 and finally first secretary of the SED district leadership in Leipzig-Stadt from 1984 to 1989 (successor to Roland Wötzel ). On November 10, 1989, Prague was released from his position. Thomas Bonesky, previously First Secretary of the SED District Management South, was elected as the new First Secretary.
In September 1990 Prague was sentenced to ten months probation for fraudulent local elections in May 1989 .
Awards in the GDR
- Artur Becker Medal in Gold (1964)
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze (1973)
literature
- Andreas Herbst (eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 3: Lexicon of functionaries (= rororo manual. Vol. 6350). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16350-0 , p. 262.
- 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. 665f.
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany of December 22, 1963.
- ^ Junge Welt, March 7, 1964.
Horst Schumann (1952–1953) | Peter Franke (1953) | Günther Münch (1953–1954) | Kurt Knobloch (1954–1962) | Klaus Höpcke (1962–1964) | Harry Mahn (1964–1966) | Friedbert Barthel (1966–1971) | Joachim Prague (1971–1976) | Rainer Huhle (1976–1978) | Matthias Dietrich (1978–1983) | Annemarie Pester (1983-1989)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prague, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SED functionary, FDJ functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 2012 |
| Place of death | Dresden |