Kurt Westphal (politician)
Kurt Westphal (born December 31, 1913 in Berlin ; † June 5, 1986 ) was a German politician ( SED ). From 1953 to 1958 he was Minister for the Food Industry of the GDR .
Life
Westphal grew up in a working-class family. After attending elementary school , he trained as a precision mechanic . In his youth he became a member of the workers' sports club "Fichte" and the KJVD . In 1930 Westphal joined the KPD. After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , Westphal took part in the resistance and was temporarily imprisoned in 1934. After his release, he continued to take part in the illegal resistance struggle of the Kampfgemeinschaft für Rote Sporteinheit and the resistance group Werner Seelenbinder .
After the Second World War , in 1946 he became a member of the SED and head of department in the coordination office for industry and transport. From 1950 to 1954 he was a member of the People's Chamber . On June 11, 1953 he was first appointed Minister for the Food and Beverage Industry and sworn in as Minister for the Food Industry of the GDR on June 25, 1953 . He held this office until 1958.
In 1958 he went to the Rostock district , where he was chairman of the district economic council and deputy chairman of the district council from 1958 to 1962, and from 1958 to 1963 he was also a member of the district leadership of the SED there. Then he was deputy head of the workers and farmers inspection in the Rostock district. Since August 13, 1974 he was chairman of the committee of anti-fascist resistance fighters in the Rostock district and from March 28, 1976 until his death he was again a member of the Rostock SED district leadership.
He last lived in Warnemünde , was married and the father of two sons.
Awards
- Medal of Merit of the GDR
- Medal for fighters against fascism 1933 to 1945
- Gold Medal of Merit of the National People's Army
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold (1983)
literature
- Federal Ministry for All-German Issues (Ed.): SBZ biography . Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Berlin 1964, p. 381.
- Andreas Herbst (eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 3: Lexicon of functionaries (= rororo manual. Vol. 6350). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16350-0 .
- Roman Guski, Johanna Jawinsky, Hannelore Rabe: Memorials for victims and persecuted persons of the Nazi regime in the new cemetery in Rostock (published by the VVN-BdA Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania). Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-300-0350-375 , p. 42f.
- Andreas Herbst: Westphal, Kurt . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany of December 31, 1983.
- ^ New Germany of June 13, 1953
- ^ New Germany of June 26, 1953.
- ^ New Germany of August 14, 1974.
- ^ Ostsee-Zeitung of March 29, 1976.
- ↑ Neues Deutschland from December 31, 1983 and Ostsee-Zeitung from January 7, 1984.
Kurt Westphal (SED, 1953-1958) | Erhard Krack (SED, 1965–1974) | Udo-Dieter Wange (SED, 1974–1989)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Westphal, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SED), Minister, MdV |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1986 |