Johannes Chemnitzer

Johannes Chemnitzer (born March 24, 1929 in Wildenfels ) is a former German SED functionary.

Life

Chemnitzer, a member of the FDJ and the SED since 1946 , studied after attending the elementary and commercial school from 1948 to 1951 at the agricultural college in Zwickau and Elbisbach . After working as a secretary for agriculture at the SED district leadership in Zwickau (1955–1958), he began studying at the party college of the CPSU in Moscow , from which he graduated as a social scientist. He was then from 1958 to 1962 Secretary for Agriculture of the SED district leadership Gera and 1961/62 chairman of the Standing Commission for Agriculture of the Gera District Assembly. From 1963 to 1989 Chemnitzer - as successor to Georg Ewald - was first secretary of the SED district leadership in Neubrandenburg and a member of the Neubrandenburg district assembly. From 1963 to 1989 he was also a member of the People's Chamber and there since 1973 a member of the Committee for National Defense.

From 1967 Chemnitz was a member of the Central Committee of the SED. On November 8, 1989, he was still a candidate for the Politburo and Secretary of the Central Committee of the SED, but removed from his office on November 10 and expelled from the SED on December 13. On October 25, 1989, he had organized a counter rally in Neubrandenburg and warned the citizens of further demonstrations. When a continuous whistle sounded, the failed politician let go of the mask in exasperation: "If you are not quiet, we can do something else!"

Johannes Chemnitzer lives in the Mecklenburg Lake District .