Klaus Willerding
Klaus Willerding (born November 24, 1923 in Berlin-Schöneberg ; † October 5, 1982 in Berlin ) was a German politician ( SED ), functionary and diplomat of the GDR .
Life
Willerding, son of a doctor, was called up for military service after graduating from high school and was taken prisoner by the Soviets in 1944 . From 1946 to 1948 he attended an Antifa school and in 1949 the Antifa Central School in Krasnogorsk .
In 1949 he returned to Germany and joined the SED. From 1949 to 1958 he was a functionary of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship (DSF), 1949/1950 he was secretary of the DSF state board of Mecklenburg and from 1950 to 1958 secretary of the DSF central board .
In 1958 he succeeded Max Hummeltenberg in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the GDR and became chief of protocol . 1964 to 1968 he was the GDR ambassador in Ulaanbaatar . In 1969 he received his doctorate as Dr. rer. pole. From 1969 to 1972 he worked as an ambassador in Hanoi . After his return to the GDR in 1972, he was Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the GDR until his death in 1982.
Private
His son Hans-Joachim Willerding is a former functionary of the FDJ and the SED in the German Democratic Republic . Klaus Willerding's urn was buried in the central cemetery in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde on Pergolenweg.
Awards
- Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1969) and in silver (1972)
- Order Banner of Labor Stage I (1978)
Fonts (selection)
- The importance of the great buildings of communism for all of humanity . Publishing house culture and progress, Berlin 1953.
- The Stalin plan “Great Volga” is implemented . Publishing house culture and progress, Berlin 1953.
- The GDR and the nationally liberated states of Asia and Africa . In: Asia, Africa, Latin America , H. 5 (1974), pp. 687ff.
- To the struggle of the developing countries in Asia and Africa to consolidate their political and economic independence from imperialism . In: Asia, Africa, Latin America , no.3 (1975).
- Basics and content of the relations between the GDR and the liberated states of Asia and Africa . In: Deutsche Außenpolitik , H. 11 (1976), pp. 1615–1628.
- The GDR's Africa policy . In: Deutsche Außenpolitik , H. 8 (1979), pp. 5-19.
- The foreign policy of the GDR and the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America . In: Asia, Africa, Latin America , H. 4 (1979), pp. 569-577.
literature
- 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 , pp. 1009-1010.
- Gerd-Rüdiger Stephan et al. (Ed.): The parties and organizations of the GDR. A manual . Dietz, Berlin 2002, p. 1122.
- Siegfried Bock, Ingrid Muth, Hermann Schwiesau: The GDR foreign policy, an overview. Data, facts, people (III) . LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, p. 365.
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany of October 26, 1982
Rudolf Appelt (1953–1955) | Johannes König (1955–1958) | Johannes Dick (1958–1960) | Karl Speiser (1961–1964) | Klaus Willerding (1964–1968) | Willy Hüttenrauch (1968–1972) | Berthold Handwerker (1972–1976) | Egon Rommel (1976-1981) | Heinz Bauer (1981–1986) | Lothar Zöllner (1987–1990)
Johannes König (1954–1955) | Rudolf Pfützner (1955–1959) | Eduard Claudius (1959–1961) | Karl Nohr (1961–1963) | Wolfgang Bergold (1963–1968) | Klaus Willerding (1969–1972) | Dieter Doering (1972–1978) | Klaus Zorn (1978–1982) | Hermann Schwiesau (1982–1986) | Joachim Löschner (1986–1990) | Dietmar Grumbach (1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willerding, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat and politician (SED) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Schöneberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th October 1982 |
| Place of death | Berlin |