Kurt Singhuber
Kurt Singhuber (born April 20, 1932 in Vienna , † October 15, 2005 in Berlin ) was a German politician ( SED ). He was Minister for Ore Mining, Metallurgy and Potash in the GDR .
Life
Singhuber was born into a working-class family in Vienna. After his birth, the Singhuber family went to the Soviet Union, where his father worked in the aircraft industry. When the Singhubers (according to the German-Soviet non-aggression treaty ) had to leave Moscow, they were arrested at the border, were taken to a "re-education camp" and were then assigned a place of residence in Halle (Saale) . He attended high school from 1942 to 1950 and graduated from high school . In 1945 he became a member of an Antifa youth committee and in 1946 a member of the FDJ . 1949/1950 he was chairman of the local group Wildau of the FDJ. In 1951 he joined the SED. After training as a skilled worker as a mechanical engineer at VEB ABUS Wildau, he studied at the Technical University of Dresden until 1952 and at the Metallurgical Institute in Dnepropetrovsk until 1957 . He completed his studies as a graduate engineer.
From 1957 he worked as a designer and from 1959 to 1961 was technical director at VEB heavy machinery construction " Heinrich Rau " in Wildau. From 1958 he was a member of the Central Working Group for Research and Technology "Rolling Mill Equipment" and from 1963 for "Iron" of the Research Council of the GDR . After a distance learning course at the Berlin School of Economics with a degree in economics, Singhuber was an aspirant and lecturer at the Otto von Guericke Technical University in Magdeburg from 1961 to 1964 . From 1961 to 1965 he was technical director and works director of the VEB Schwarzmetallurgieprojektierung Berlin. 1966/1967 he was Deputy Minister for Ore Mining, Metallurgy and Potash. In 1967 he became a Dr.-Ing. PhD. From 1967 Singhuber was also an extraordinary member of the Research Council of the GDR and head of the GDR delegation to the Permanent Commission on Black Metallurgy at the Council for Mutual Economic Aid .
From July 1967 to November 1989 he was Minister for Ore Mining, Metallurgy and Potash in the GDR. From 1968 to 1973 he completed a distance learning course at the Karl Marx party college at the Central Committee of the SED with a degree in social science. From November 1989 to April 1990 he was finally Minister for Heavy Industry in the Modrow government . From 1978 to 1990 he was Vice President of the Chamber of Technology .
Awards
- 1968: Order " Banner of Labor "
- 1974: Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
- 1977: Honorary title " Honored Metallurgist of the German Democratic Republic "
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 , p. 866f.
- Hagen Schwärzel, Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Singhuber, Kurt . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
Fritz Selbmann (SED, 1950–1955) | Rudolf Steinwand (SED, 1955–1958) | Kurt Fichtner (SED, 1965–1967) | Kurt Singhuber (SED, 1967–1989)
Gerhart Ziller (SED, 1953–1954) | Erich Apel (SED, 1955–1958) | Gerhard Zimmermann (SED, 1965–1981) | Rolf Kersten (SED, 1981–1986) | Hans-Joachim Lauck (SED, 1986–1989) | Kurt Singhuber (SED, 1989–1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Singhuber, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SED), minister for ore mining, metallurgy and potash of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 2005 |
| Place of death | Berlin |