Wolfgang Berger (politician)
Wolfgang Berger (born August 24, 1921 in Leipzig ; † December 19, 1994 ) was a German functionary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). He was department head in the Central Committee (ZK) of the SED and from 1953 to 1971 personal advisor to SED party leader Walter Ulbricht .
Life
Berger, the son of a waiter, did an apprenticeship as a commercial clerk after primary school , was then drafted into the German armed forces and fought in World War II . In 1945 he was taken prisoner by the United States , from which he was released after the war.
In 1945 Berger joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and became a member of the SED after the forced unification of the SPD and KPD . Until the late 1940s he studied at the University of Leipzig and became a Doctor of heads of state and economics doctorate . He then became a consultant in the main finance department of the German Economic Commission and then an economic policy employee in the government chancellery of the GDR in East Berlin .
From 1951 to 1953 Berger was head of the planning and finance department of the SED Central Committee and then until 1971 personal advisor to SED party leader Walter Ulbricht. In this role he played a key role in the development of the New Economic System of Planning and Management . For this work he received the National Prize of the GDR III in 1966 together with Helmut Koziolek and Herbert Wolf . Science and technology class. Later Berger was head of department in the State Central Administration for Statistics in the GDR.
literature
- Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 .
- Andreas Herbst : Wolfgang Berger . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Manfred Wilke (ed.): Anatomy of the party headquarters . Studies by the SED State Research Association at the Free University of Berlin. Akademieverlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-05-003220-0 .
- Jörg Roesler: Conservatives, reformers and the "New Economic System" , In: Federal Agency for Civic Education , 2013. ( online )
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany, October 7, 1966
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berger, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SED functionary, Walter Ulbricht's personal assistant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1994 |