Werner Winkler (chemist)
Werner Winkler (born December 27, 1913 in Waldheim , † September 10, 1964 in Berlin ) was a German chemist and politician ( SED ). He was Minister for the Chemical Industry of the GDR .
Life
As the son of a worker, he studied chemistry at the University of Leipzig after attending elementary school and high school , and received his doctorate there in 1940 as a Dr. rer. nat. ( About permanganates as oxidizing agents and about o-diacetylbenzene ). He then worked as a chemist in Berlin and Saxony. From 1931 to 1945 Winkler was a member of the NSDAP .
In 1948 he joined the SED, in 1950/51 was the main director of the VVB synthetic fiber and director of the VEB artificial silk factory in Schwarza , and from 1951 onwards the director of the VEB chemical fiber factory in Premnitz . From April 1953 to 1956 he was State Secretary, Deputy or First Deputy of the Minister for the Chemical Industry and finally from June 1956 to February 1958 Minister for the Chemical Industry of the GDR. From February 1958 to 1963 he headed the chemical industry department in the State Planning Commission (SPK) and was deputy chairman of the SPK since January 1960. From 1961 to June 1963 he was chairman of the permanent commission for the chemical industry in the Comecon . He was replaced for health reasons and was then a member of the board of the Research Council at the GDR Council of Ministers.
From April 1956 he was a professor at the Technical University Leuna-Merseburg and from July 1957 a member of the Research Council of the GDR.
Works
- The development of the chemical industry in the GDR and its prospects up to 1965 . Technical University of Dresden, Scientific Publication and Press Department, 1959.
Awards
- National Prize of the GDR (1950, 1954)
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver and Gold (1960)
literature
- Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla. KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p.
- Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 10 [Thibaut - Zycha]. Saur, Munich 1999, p. 530.
- Andreas Herbst : Winkler, Werner . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Soviet Zone. NSDAP / repentance instead of loyalty . In: Der Spiegel . No. 8 , 1963, pp. 20th f . ( online ).
- ↑ Obituary. In: Neues Deutschland , September 12, 1964.
- ^ New Germany , June 16, 1963.
- ↑ Obituary notice. In: Neues Deutschland , September 13, 1964.
- ^ Berliner Zeitung , November 12, 1960.
Werner Winkler (SED, 1956–1958) | - | Siegbert Löschau (SED, 1965–1966) | Günther Wyschofsky (SED, 1966–1989)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winkler, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SED), Minister for the Chemical Industry of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waldheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1964 |
| Place of death | Berlin |