Otfried Steger
Otfried Steger (born September 25, 1926 in Wechselburg ; † February 13, 2002 ) was Minister for Electrical Engineering and Electronics in the GDR .
Life
As the son of an employee, after attending elementary school from 1941 to 1943, he completed an apprenticeship as a machine fitter at the Reichsbahn repair shop in Chemnitz . Since 1944 he was a member of the NSDAP . From 1944 to 1945 he did military service as a soldier in the Wehrmacht .
After the war, Steger worked as a construction and concrete worker in Wechselburg, as a locksmith in Wolkwitz and finally from 1948 to 1952 as a geologist and district manager at SAG Wismut . In 1950 he joined the SED . This was followed by activities as manager of the HO Wismut and site manager in Rochlitz. From 1954 to 1964 he completed a double distance learning course, which he completed as a labor economist and engineer for high-voltage plant construction.
From 1956 to 1958 he was director of VEB Starkstromanlagenbau Karl-Marx-Stadt , until 1963 general director of VVB Elektroprojektierung und Anlagenbau Berlin . Until 1965 he was head of the electrical engineering department of the Economics Council and from December 1965 to September 1982 Minister for Electrical Engineering and Electronics of the GDR. After almost 20 years, Steger had to leave this office for health reasons. His deputy was Günther Kleiber from 1966 to 1971 , who was also State Secretary for the coordination and use of IT at the chairman of the GDR's Council of Ministers . In the 1960s, EDP was set up in the GDR under him, and in the 1970s he promoted the development of microelectronics.
Steger was a candidate from 1967 to 1971 and from 1971 to 1986 a member of the Central Committee of the SED, from 1976 to 1986 a member of the People's Chamber and a member of the Economic Commission of the Politburo of the SED Central Committee . On the XI. At the party congress in April 1986, he was elected a member of the Central Revision Commission of the SED , of which he was a member until 1989. He had been a pensioner since 1987 and lived in Berlin.
Steger was a founding member of 1. FC Union Berlin . From 1966 to 1970 he was a member of the board and from 1970 until his death an honorary member of the association. His grave is in the Grünau forest cemetery .
Awards
- 1969 Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
- 1970 Medal of Merit of the NVA
- 1982 Gold medal for the Patriotic Order of Merit
- 1986 Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
- Order of the Red Banner
literature
- Elke Reuter, Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Steger, Otfried . 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 October 1, 1982
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steger, Otfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SED), MdV, Minister for Electrical Engineering and Electronics of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wechselburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 2002 |