Siegfried Wittenbeck

Siegfried Wittenbeck (born September 18, 1931 , † September 28, 2005 ) was a German lawyer and politician ( SED ). From 1987 to 1990 he was State Secretary in the GDR .

Life

Wittenbeck joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). He studied law at the law faculty of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig , graduating with a degree in law . He was later promoted to Dr. jur. PhD. From 1960 he worked as a judge at the Stollberg District Court and from 1964 first as a judge, then as a chief judge at the Supreme Court of the GDR . He was a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Court and chairman of the Criminal Senate 2a.

In February 1982 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice in the GDR . In October 1987 he was promoted to State Secretary as successor to Herbert Kern . He remained in office in the GDR until the reunification , and was confirmed in 1990 by the de Maizière government as head of Department 4 (criminal law).

On May 19, 1993, Wittenbeck was one of the 61 founding members of the “ Society for Legal and Humanitarian Support ” (GRH) in Berlin's Karl-Liebknecht-Haus and was elected a member of the board.

Wittenbeck was married and the father of two children. He last lived as a lawyer in Berlin and died at the age of 74. He was buried in the central cemetery in Friedrichsfelde .

Awards

1975 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and 1989 in silver

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. 357.

Individual evidence

↑ Minutes No. 14/82 of the meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the SED on February 1, 1982 - BArch DY 30 / J IV 2/3/3328.
↑ All GDR organs “close to the state”, unite! . In: Neues Deutschland , May 21, 1993.
↑ Brief portrait in the women's magazine Für Dich No. 32/1988.
^ Obituary notice in the Berliner Zeitung from October 4, 2005.

personal data
SURNAME	Wittenbeck, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SED)
DATE OF BIRTH	September 18, 1931
DATE OF DEATH	September 28, 2005

[1] Minutes No. 14/82 of the meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the SED on February 1, 1982 - BArch DY 30 / J IV 2/3/3328.

[2] All GDR organs “close to the state”, unite! . In: Neues Deutschland , May 21, 1993.

[3] Brief portrait in the women's magazine Für Dich No. 32/1988.

[4] Obituary notice in the Berliner Zeitung from October 4, 2005.