Wolfgang Sieber (politician)

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Wolfgang Sieber (born May 1, 1934 ; † April 6, 2017 ) was a German economic functionary and politician in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From 1973 to 1982 he was General Director of VEB Kombinat Robotron and 1989/90 Chairman of the Dresden District Council .

Life

After completing his studies , Sieber , who came from Görlitz , was the scientific director of a university computer center from 1961 to 1966 and was appointed professor of mathematics and descriptive geometry at the Leipzig University of Civil Engineering on February 1, 1966 . At the Berlin School of Economics , he received his doctorate in January 1969 with a thesis on the inclusion of small businesses in socialist rationalization. rer. oec. PhD .

He joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). From November 1973 to September 1982 he was General Director of the Robotron combine in Dresden (successor to Siegfried Zugehör). Because he did not submit, he was fired on orders from Günter Mittag . He was initially unemployed, subjected to Stasi interrogations and house searches. Later he was employed as operations director of the VEB Kombinat Schaltelektronik Oppach and was also chairman of the commission “Complex planning of the development of the district” in the Löbau district assembly .

On December 14, 1989 Sieber was elected chairman of the Dresden District Council. He advocated administrative reform to restore the state of Saxony , pleaded for the dissolution of the SED and wanted to join the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). A motion of no confidence by the SED-PDS on February 1, 1990 was rejected by the district assembly. After a secret run-off election, Sieber was confirmed in office with a narrow majority of 53.4 percent of the votes. The next day he demanded the dissolution of the district assembly due to a lack of legitimation and constructive cooperation at the round table and finally resigned on February 6, 1990. On February 8, 1990, Michael Kunze was elected by the plenum of the district assembly as the new chairman of the district council.

After the reunification and peaceful revolution in the GDR, Sieber was President of the German Red Cross (DRK) in Görlitz for more than fifteen years . In March 2010, when he passed, he was made an honorary member of the DRK and was awarded the Henry Dunant Medal . Since 1996 he has been the owner of the Bremenhain manor , which he gradually renovated.

Sieber died almost six months after his wife Ingeborg at the age of 82. The urn burial in Görlitz took place in the Rauschwalde cemetery .

Fonts

  • The inclusion of small businesses with different forms of ownership in one branch of industry in the complex socialist rationalization on the way of rational organization and production (shown using the example of hand-operated command devices in the electrical appliances branch of industry) . Dissertation University of Economics, Berlin 1969
  • To perfect the management and organization in VEB Kombinat Robotron: Experiences of socialist management activity , Berlin 1978

literature

  • Michael Richter : The formation of the Free State of Saxony. Peaceful revolution, federalization, German unity 1989/90, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-525-36900-X .
  • Michael Richter: The peaceful revolution: The departure for democracy in Saxony 1989–90 , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-525-36914-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christine Pieper: The magazine Rechentechnik / Datenverarbeitung (1964–1989 / 90) as a medium of the rationalization debate in the GDR. In: Wiebke Lisner, Sigrid Stöckel, Gerlind Rüve: The medium of science magazine since the 19th century. Scientificization of society, socialization of science. Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-515-09342-2 , pp. 163-184 (here pp. 181-182).
  2. ↑ About the television program "Klartext" . In: Neues Deutschland , March 30, 1990, p. 4.
  3. ↑ A heart for the territory . In: Neue Zeit , Tuesday October 29, 1985, p. 5.
  4. ^ Motion of no confidence by the SED-PDS did not get through . In: Volksstimme of February 2, 1990.
  5. ↑ New Council President . In: Neue Zeit, February 9, 1990, p. 1.
  6. ↑ Wolfgang Sieber receives high DRK medal . In the Sächsische Zeitung of March 25, 2010.
  7. ↑ The lord of the castle for three hours . In: Sächsische Zeitung of April 13, 2017.
  8. ^ Ingeborg Sieber: Obituary notice . In: Sächsische Zeitung , December 3, 2016.
  9. ↑ Obituary notice . In: Sächsische Zeitung , April 13, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Sieber, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economic functionary in the GDR and politician (SED)
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1934
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 2017