Josef Elstner

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Josef Elstner (born March 19, 1915 in Neundorf bei Reichenberg ; † November 11, 1980 ) was an economic functionary and diplomat of the GDR . He was a trade councilor in the SFR Yugoslavia .

Life

Elstner became a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1945 and of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1946 . From 1952 to 1962 Elstner worked as a group or department head in the Ministry of Finance of the GDR. He qualified as a graduate economist . From 1962 to 1965 he acted as deputy general director, from 1965 as general director of the GDR foreign trade company Bergbau-Handel GmbH and was chairman of the Society for Trade with West Berlin . From January 1973 Elstner worked in the rank of trade council as head of the trade policy department at the embassy of the GDR in Belgrade (successor to Georg Kulessa).

Elstner died at the age of 65 as a result of a traffic accident.

Fonts (selection)

  • To the decision of the Council of Ministers on the principles of price policy . In: Deutsche Finanzwirtschaft , Vol. 7 (1953), pp. 514f.
  • About the implementation of the pricing policy and pricing . In: Deutsche Finanzwirtschaft , Issue 14 (1957). Pp. 641-645.

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. 62.
  • 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. 157.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Protocol No. 120/72 of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the SED of November 21, 1972.
  2. ^ Obituary notice of the Council of Ministers of the GDR in New Germany of November 22, 1980, p. 8.
personal data
SURNAME Elstner, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economic functionary (GDR)
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Neundorf
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1980