Paul Wilpert (politician)

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Paul Wilpert (born January 6, 1925 in Zauditz , Hultschiner Ländchen , † December 12, 2011 in Berlin ) was a German politician ( SED ). He was the deputy minister of transport and a senior official in the GDR's aviation department .

Life

After attending elementary school, the son of a worker graduated from a teacher training institute by 1943. In the Flieger-HJ he was involved in the construction of aircraft models and he acquired the pilot's license for gliding . After a short time with the Reich Labor Service (RAD), he was drafted into the Air Force in 1944. He received from February 1944 to March 1945 training at the pilot school Prenzlau and fell soon afterwards as a cadet in Soviet captivity . He worked as a lumberjack in the Urals and as an electric welder in the Izhevsk labor camp. Wilpert attended the Antifa School 2040 in Riga in 1949 .

At the beginning of 1950 Wilpert returned to Germany and went to the GDR. He became a member of the Free German Youth (FDJ) and the SED. He worked in the sports department of the Central Council of the FDJ and in 1951 in the organization committee for the III. World Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin . As a sector manager in the Central Council, he laid the foundations for aviation and model aircraft construction.

On December 1, 1950, he joined the Kasernierte Volkspolizei (KVP) with the rank of VP-Oberrat (Major) . In 1952 he was entrusted with the management of the preparatory course for Course X and from August 1952 he built up the 1st Fliegerdivision in Cottbus as a commander with the rank of lieutenant colonel . After the VP-Luft was renamed “Administration of the Aeroclubs” in September 1953, he became the commander of the 3rd Aeroclub in Bautzen. From 1955 to 1957 he studied at the Military Academy of the Soviet Air Forces in Monino near Moscow and was then from May 1, 1957 to October 31, 1960 as Colonel of the Chief of the Air Force of the National People's Army (LSK / LV) (successor to Walter Lehweß- Litzmann ). His flying qualification took place on the aircraft types Jak-18 , Jak-11 , MiG-15 and MiG-17 .

After the transformation of the Civil Aviation Department (HAZL) in the Ministry of Transport to become the Central Civil Aviation Administration (HVZL) in January 1961, he became Deputy Head of the HVZL and retired from active military service. From July 1965 to 1975 he succeeded Arthur Pieck as head of the HVZL and at the same time as deputy minister for transport in the GDR.

Wilpert studied at the University of Transport "Friedrich List" with a degree in engineering and economics and at the party college "Karl Marx" . Most recently, he held the position of director of Interflug's commercial flight operations and retired in 1989.

Wilpert died at the age of 86 and was buried on January 6, 2012 (his birthday) in the Aßmannstrasse cemetery in Berlin-Friedrichshagen.

Awards

literature

  • Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-8012-0121-X , p. 353.
  • Gabriele Baumgartner: Wilpert, Paul . In: dies., Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla . KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 1010.
  • Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenzke (ed.): The generals and admirals of the NVA. A biographical manual. 5th, through. Edition. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86153-438-9 , p. 269.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul Wilpert passed away.
personal data
SURNAME Wilpert, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SED)
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Zauditz
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 2011
Place of death Berlin