Lothar Ahrendt
Lothar Ahrendt (born March 13, 1936 in Erfurt ) is a former German police officer and politician ( SED ). From 1989 to 1990 he was Minister of the Interior of the GDR .
Life
The son of a worker completed an apprenticeship as a car mechanic from 1950 to 1953 after attending primary school . Ahrendt joined the German People's Police (DVP) in 1953 and worked as a driver at the Higher Police School in Berlin-Kaulsdorf from 1955 to 1959 . He joined the SED in 1957. After training at the Middle Police School in Aschersleben , he was made a lieutenant in 1960 and then worked as a clerk in the police department of the VP Presidium in Berlin. From 1965 to 1968 he attended the university of the German People's Police Karl Liebknecht with a degree in political science. From 1969 to 1978 he was first deputy head of the VP inspection Berlin-Köpenick , then with the rank of lieutenant colonel of the VP head of the VP inspection Berlin-Mitte .
From 1978 to 1983 Ahrendt was Colonel of the VP and Deputy President of VP Berlin and from 1981 to 1984 a candidate for the SED district leadership in Berlin. As the successor to the retired Willi Seifert , he was appointed Deputy Minister of the Interior for readiness / combat groups and on June 24, 1983, the Chairman of the National Defense Council of the GDR , Erich Honecker , appointed Major General. After Rudolf Riss's death , he became the first deputy to the minister and on July 5, 1985 he succeeded him as the second chairman of the Dynamo sports association . On June 30, 1986 he was promoted to lieutenant general . From 1986 to 1989 he was a candidate for the Central Committee of the SED . From November 18, 1989 to April 12, 1990 he was the successor to Friedrich Dickel Minister of the Interior in the Modrow government and until January 10, 1990 also head of the DVP. Subsequently, he was in the rank of inspector general advisor to the last interior minister of the GDR Peter-Michael Diestel and until reunification head of the main administration of the border guards of the GDR in the interior ministry.
Awards
- 1973 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
literature
- Bernd-Rainer Barth , Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Ahrendt, Lothar . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany from November 20, 1989
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of February 12, 1979
- ↑ http://www.bpb.de/geschichte/zeitgeschichte/deutschlandarchiv/53982/risse-in-der-sicherheits-architektur?p=all
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, June 25, 1983, p. 1.
- ^ New Germany of July 6, 1985
- ^ New Germany from July 1, 1986
- ^ New Germany of January 11, 1990
- ↑ Neues Deutschland from November 6, 1973
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ahrendt, Lothar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SED), Minister of the Interior of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt |