Peter Müller (General)

Peter Müller (born October 8, 1947 ) is a former German police officer. From 1986 to 1990 he was head of the district authority of the German People's Police (BDVP) in Karl-Marx-Stadt and in 1990 State Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the GDR .

Life

Müller was born in the Ore Mountains. He joined the SED and became a member of the German People's Police. He embarked on a career as an officer and served as a lieutenant in the VP in Karl-Marx-Stadt from 1971. In 1977 - at the age of 29 - he became head of a People's Police District Office (VPKA), nine years later as Colonel VP of the BDVP Karl-Marx-Stadt. On January 13, 1986, after the departure of his predecessor Erwin Rudnick , he was appointed head of the BDVP by the Minister of the Interior of the GDR Friedrich Dickel . From February 1986 to December 1989 he was a member of the SED district leadership in Karl-Marx-Stadt. In 1987 he was appointed major general by Erich Honecker .

After the fall of the Wall, he left the SED in 1990, but remained head of the BDVP until May 1990 and was reassessed from Major General to Chief Inspector on May 1, 1990 . After the change of government, he was appointed State Secretary for the Police on May 15, 1990 by Interior Minister Peter-Michael Diestel . Diestel had preferred Müller to the SPD proposed Dankwart Brinksmeier . After attacks from the DSU , Diestel announced on May 22, 1990 that Müller's request for a leave of absence from his position until the allegations against him had been clarified had been granted. However, he soon returned to his post and on July 6, 1990, as Secretary of State in the 22nd session of the People's Chamber, established the law for the elections to the five state parliaments on October 14, 1990.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The People's Police , No. 12/1988.
2. ↑ Freie Presse , January 14, 1986, p. 1.
3. ↑ Neues Deutschland , May 23, 1990, p. 1.
4. ↑ Neues Deutschland , July 28, 1990, p. 6.