Horst Sindermann (5 September 1915 – 20 April 1990) was Chairman of the Council of Ministers of East Germany (GDR) from 1973 to 1976.
Born in Dresden, he was a member of the Communist Party of Germany and spent the Second World War imprisoned. After the war he was a newspaper editor and leader of the Chemnitz and Leipzig branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. He was a member of the Volkskammer from 1963 to 1969, and its president from 1976 to 1989. He was also a member of the politburo.
| Preceded by Willi Stoph |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (GDR) 1973–1976 |
Succeeded by Willi Stoph |
| Preceded by Gerald Götting |
President of the Volkskammer 1976–1989 |
Succeeded by Günther Maleuda |
|
|||||||
|
|
Wikis
Map
Search
