Karl Grünheid
Karl Grünheid (born July 20, 1931 in Berlin ; † January 9, 2004 there ) was Minister for Mechanical Engineering of the GDR .
Life
As the son of a bricklayer, Grünheid completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer from 1950 to 1952 after attending elementary and high school with a high school diploma. In 1952, as an apprentice at VEB Bau, he built the skyscraper on Weberwiese and Stalinallee and criticized the shortcomings in the Berlin construction industry at the Berlin construction workers' conference. From 1952 to 1956 he studied at the Berlin School of Economics , where he graduated with a degree in economics. He was a member of the FDJ from 1950 to 1957 and joined the SED in 1953 . From 1956 to 1958 he was an employee in the Ministry of Heavy Engineering, then until 1963 planning manager, deputy chief director and finally general director of VVB equipment for heavy industry and gear manufacturing Magdeburg . In 1961 he was promoted to Dr. rer. oec. doctorate, for several years he was a member of the SED district leadership in Magdeburg. From 1963 to 1968 he was Minister at the State Planning Commission and Deputy Chairman for annual planning, for perspective planning and, most recently, for rationalization, automation and data processing.
From 1968 to 1971 Grünheid was general director of the VEB Metallleichtbaukombinat Leipzig , besides being professor for socialist business administration at the University of Construction Leipzig . In 1969 he was appointed professor and extraordinary member of the Research Council of the GDR .
From 1971 to 1983 he was again active in the State Planning Commission, this time as State Secretary and Head of Foreign Trade and as Deputy Head of the joint government commission for economic and scientific-technical cooperation between the GDR and the USSR . In December 1983 he succeeded Werner Greiner-Petter as Minister for the Glass and Ceramics Industry in the Stoph Government and from November 1989 to January 1990 Minister for Mechanical Engineering in the Modrow Government . From January 1990 to April 1990 he was head of the Economic Committee, as the successor body to the State Planning Commission.
Awards
- 1975 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver and 1981 in gold
- 1980 Order Banner of Labor Level I
literature
- Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Grünheid, Karl . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- 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. 116.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "There is a lot of bureaucracy in Berlin". In: Neues Deutschland , April 6, 1952, p. 8.
- ^ New Germany of January 16, 1990
Karl Bettin (SED, 1971–1972) | Werner Greiner-Petter (SED, 1972–1983) | Karl Grünheid (SED, 1983–1989)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grünheid, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SED), Minister for Mechanical Engineering of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 2004 |
| Place of death | Berlin |