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{{Short description|German politician (1930–2006)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Günter Sieber
| honorific_suffix =
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| order =
|office = Secretary for International Politics and Economics of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Secretariat of the Central Committee|Central Committee Secretariat]]
|1blankname = {{nowrap|[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#General Secretaries of the Central Committee of the SED|General Secretary]]}}
|1namedata = {{ubl|[[Egon Krenz]]}}
| term_start = 8 November 1989
| term_end = 3 December 1989
| predecessor = [[Hermann Axen]]
| successor = ''Position abolished''
| office2 = Head of the International Relations Department of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Central Committee|Central Committee]]
|1blankname2 = {{nowrap|[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Secretariat of the Central Committee|Secretary]]}}
|1namedata2 = {{ubl|[[Hermann Axen]]}}
| deputy3 = {{ubl|Bruno Mahlow}}
| term_start2 = December 1980
| term_end2 = 8 November 1989
| predecessor3 = Egon Winkelmann
| successor3 = [[Bruno Mahlow]]
|office4 = [[Council of Ministers of East Germany#Ministries|Minister for Trade and Supply]]
|1blankname4 = {{nowrap|[[Council of Ministers of East Germany#Chairmen of the Council of Ministers|Chairman of the<br />Council of Ministers]]}}
|1namedata4 = {{ubl|[[Willi Stoph]]}}
| term_start4 = 25 March 1965
| term_end4 = 22 November 1972
| predecessor4 = Gerhard Lucht
| successor4 = Gerhard Briksa
{{Collapsed infobox section begin |last=yes |Volkskammer
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| office5 = Member of the [[Volkskammer]] <br /> for Burg, Schönebeck, Staßfurt, Zerbst
| term_start5 = [[1981 East German general election|25 June 1981]]
| term_end5 = [[1990 East German general election|5 April 1990]]
| predecessor5 = ''multi-member district''
| successor5 = ''Constituency abolished''{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}}
| birth_name = Günter Sieber
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|03|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ilmenau]], [[Thuringia#Free State of Thuringia|Free State of Thuringia]], [[Weimar Republic]] {{small|(now [[Germany]])}}
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| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|Party Functionary|Civil Servant|Forestry Worker}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2006|11|26|1930|03|11}}
| death_place = [[Strausberg]], [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]]
| spouse =
| children =
| party = [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]]<br />{{small|(1948–1989)}}
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
* ''Akademie für Staats- und Rechtswissenschaft der DDR''
* [[Parteihochschule Karl Marx|Party Academy Karl Marx]]
}}
| awards = {{hlist|[[Patriotic Order of Merit]], 1st class|[[Banner of Labor]]}}
| website =
| module2 = {{collapsible list
| title = Central institution membership
| bullets = on
| 1989: Candidate member,<br />[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Politburo of the Central Committee|Politburo of the Central Committee]]
| 1981–1989: Full member,<br />[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Central Committee|Central Committee]]
| 1976–1981: Candidate member,<br />[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Central Committee|Central Committee]]
}}
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{{collapsible list
| title = Other offices held
| bullets = on
| 1963–1965: First Deputy Chairman,<br />Workers' and Peasants' Inspection
}}
}}
'''Günter Sieber''' (11 March 1930 – 26 November 2006) was a German politician, diplomat and party functionary of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]] (SED).
In the [[East Germany|German Democratic Republic]], he served as Trade and Supply Minister, ambassador to [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]] and as the longtime head of the International Relations Department at the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Central Committee|Central Committee of the SED]]. During the [[Peaceful Revolution|''Wende'']], he also briefly served in the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Politburo of the Central Committee|Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED]].
==Life and career==
===Early career===
Sieber worked as a [[Forester|forest worker]] until 1947 and as a [[forestry]] assistant until 1948 in [[Ilmenau]] and became a member and functionary of the FDGB ([[Free German Trade Union Federation]]), after which he became a principal clerk in the [[German Economic Commission]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sieber, Günter |url=https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbei...nken/biographische-datenbanken/guenter-sieber |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de |publisher=[[Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship]] |language=de}}</ref>
In 1948, he joined the ruling [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]] (SED) and attended a study program at the Academy for Political Science and Law of the GDR in [[Potsdam]] from 1949 to 1950. From 1949 to 1951, he served as a consultant in the Ministry of Planning and until 1952 as a chief consultant in its successor, the [[State Planning Commission (GDR)|State Planning Commission]].<ref name=":0" />
After studying at the [[Parteihochschule Karl Marx|"Karl Marx" Party Academy]], he served as Party Secretary of the State Planning Commission until 1962, Deputy Chairman of the Central Commission for State Control at the [[Council of Ministers of East Germany|Council of Ministers]] until 1963, and First Deputy Chairman of the Workers' and Farmers' Inspection Committee until 1965. Additionally, he was a member of the [[Central Party Control Commission of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany#History|Central Auditing Commission]] (ZRK) of the SED from 1963 to 1967.<ref name=":0" />
Following distance learning at the Central Institute for Socialist Economic Management, Sieber served as Minister for Trade and Supply from 1965 to 1972, succeeding Gerhard Lucht, and as Ambassador of the GDR to the [[Polish People's Republic]] until 1980.<ref name=":0" />
===SED Central Committee===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-0818-034, Berlin, Günter Sieber begrüßt Sam Nujoma (SWAPO, Namibia).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Sieber (right) and [[SWAPO]] leader [[Sam Nujoma]] in March 1981]]
Sieber was elected as a candidate member in May 1976 ([[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#The 7th Congress|IX. Party Congress]]) and as a full member of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Central Committee|Central Committee of the SED]] in April 1981 ([[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#The 8th Congress|X. Party Congress]]), serving until its collective resignation in December 1989. He additionally became member of the [[Volkskammer]] in [[1981 East German general election|1981]].<ref name=":0" />
In December 1980, he was made the head of the Department for International Relations, at the SED Central Committee.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sieber, Günter |url=https://www.chronik-der-mauer.de/material/179954/sieber-guenter |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.chronik-der-mauer.de}}</ref>
In 1964, Sieber was awarded the [[Patriotic Order of Merit]] in Silver, in 1979 in Gold, and in 1988 the [[Banner of Labor]].<ref name=":0" />
===Peaceful Revolution===
During the ''[[Peaceful Revolution|Wende]]'', Sieber was elected as a candidate member of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Politburo of the Central Committee|Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED]], the ''de facto'' highest leadership body in [[East Germany]], and [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Secretariat of the Central Committee|Secretary of the Central Committee of the SED]] responsible for International Politics and Economics.<ref name=":0" />
Sieber's career advancement would prove to be short-lived, as the SED quickly lost power.
== References ==
<references/>
[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category
eople from Ilmenau]]
[[Category:Government ministers of East Germany]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of East Germany to Poland]]
[[Category:Socialist Unity Party of Germany politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Volkskammer]]
[[Category:Members of the 8th Volkskammer]]
[[Category:Members of the 9th Volkskammer]]
[[Category:Candidate members of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]
[[Category:Members of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]
[[Category:Candidate members of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Banner of Labor]]
[[Category:German communists]]
Okumaya devam et...
{{Short description|German politician (1930–2006)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Günter Sieber
| honorific_suffix =
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| order =
|office = Secretary for International Politics and Economics of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Secretariat of the Central Committee|Central Committee Secretariat]]
|1blankname = {{nowrap|[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#General Secretaries of the Central Committee of the SED|General Secretary]]}}
|1namedata = {{ubl|[[Egon Krenz]]}}
| term_start = 8 November 1989
| term_end = 3 December 1989
| predecessor = [[Hermann Axen]]
| successor = ''Position abolished''
| office2 = Head of the International Relations Department of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Central Committee|Central Committee]]
|1blankname2 = {{nowrap|[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Secretariat of the Central Committee|Secretary]]}}
|1namedata2 = {{ubl|[[Hermann Axen]]}}
| deputy3 = {{ubl|Bruno Mahlow}}
| term_start2 = December 1980
| term_end2 = 8 November 1989
| predecessor3 = Egon Winkelmann
| successor3 = [[Bruno Mahlow]]
|office4 = [[Council of Ministers of East Germany#Ministries|Minister for Trade and Supply]]
|1blankname4 = {{nowrap|[[Council of Ministers of East Germany#Chairmen of the Council of Ministers|Chairman of the<br />Council of Ministers]]}}
|1namedata4 = {{ubl|[[Willi Stoph]]}}
| term_start4 = 25 March 1965
| term_end4 = 22 November 1972
| predecessor4 = Gerhard Lucht
| successor4 = Gerhard Briksa
{{Collapsed infobox section begin |last=yes |Volkskammer
|titlestyle=border:1px dashed lightgrey;}}{{Infobox officeholder |embed=yes
| office5 = Member of the [[Volkskammer]] <br /> for Burg, Schönebeck, Staßfurt, Zerbst
| term_start5 = [[1981 East German general election|25 June 1981]]
| term_end5 = [[1990 East German general election|5 April 1990]]
| predecessor5 = ''multi-member district''
| successor5 = ''Constituency abolished''{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}}
| birth_name = Günter Sieber
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|03|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ilmenau]], [[Thuringia#Free State of Thuringia|Free State of Thuringia]], [[Weimar Republic]] {{small|(now [[Germany]])}}
| residence =
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|Party Functionary|Civil Servant|Forestry Worker}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2006|11|26|1930|03|11}}
| death_place = [[Strausberg]], [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]]
| spouse =
| children =
| party = [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]]<br />{{small|(1948–1989)}}
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
* ''Akademie für Staats- und Rechtswissenschaft der DDR''
* [[Parteihochschule Karl Marx|Party Academy Karl Marx]]
}}
| awards = {{hlist|[[Patriotic Order of Merit]], 1st class|[[Banner of Labor]]}}
| website =
| module2 = {{collapsible list
| title = Central institution membership
| bullets = on
| 1989: Candidate member,<br />[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Politburo of the Central Committee|Politburo of the Central Committee]]
| 1981–1989: Full member,<br />[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Central Committee|Central Committee]]
| 1976–1981: Candidate member,<br />[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Central Committee|Central Committee]]
}}
----
{{collapsible list
| title = Other offices held
| bullets = on
| 1963–1965: First Deputy Chairman,<br />Workers' and Peasants' Inspection
}}
}}
'''Günter Sieber''' (11 March 1930 – 26 November 2006) was a German politician, diplomat and party functionary of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]] (SED).
In the [[East Germany|German Democratic Republic]], he served as Trade and Supply Minister, ambassador to [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]] and as the longtime head of the International Relations Department at the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Central Committee|Central Committee of the SED]]. During the [[Peaceful Revolution|''Wende'']], he also briefly served in the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Politburo of the Central Committee|Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED]].
==Life and career==
===Early career===
Sieber worked as a [[Forester|forest worker]] until 1947 and as a [[forestry]] assistant until 1948 in [[Ilmenau]] and became a member and functionary of the FDGB ([[Free German Trade Union Federation]]), after which he became a principal clerk in the [[German Economic Commission]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sieber, Günter |url=https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbei...nken/biographische-datenbanken/guenter-sieber |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de |publisher=[[Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship]] |language=de}}</ref>
In 1948, he joined the ruling [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]] (SED) and attended a study program at the Academy for Political Science and Law of the GDR in [[Potsdam]] from 1949 to 1950. From 1949 to 1951, he served as a consultant in the Ministry of Planning and until 1952 as a chief consultant in its successor, the [[State Planning Commission (GDR)|State Planning Commission]].<ref name=":0" />
After studying at the [[Parteihochschule Karl Marx|"Karl Marx" Party Academy]], he served as Party Secretary of the State Planning Commission until 1962, Deputy Chairman of the Central Commission for State Control at the [[Council of Ministers of East Germany|Council of Ministers]] until 1963, and First Deputy Chairman of the Workers' and Farmers' Inspection Committee until 1965. Additionally, he was a member of the [[Central Party Control Commission of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany#History|Central Auditing Commission]] (ZRK) of the SED from 1963 to 1967.<ref name=":0" />
Following distance learning at the Central Institute for Socialist Economic Management, Sieber served as Minister for Trade and Supply from 1965 to 1972, succeeding Gerhard Lucht, and as Ambassador of the GDR to the [[Polish People's Republic]] until 1980.<ref name=":0" />
===SED Central Committee===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-0818-034, Berlin, Günter Sieber begrüßt Sam Nujoma (SWAPO, Namibia).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Sieber (right) and [[SWAPO]] leader [[Sam Nujoma]] in March 1981]]
Sieber was elected as a candidate member in May 1976 ([[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#The 7th Congress|IX. Party Congress]]) and as a full member of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Central Committee|Central Committee of the SED]] in April 1981 ([[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#The 8th Congress|X. Party Congress]]), serving until its collective resignation in December 1989. He additionally became member of the [[Volkskammer]] in [[1981 East German general election|1981]].<ref name=":0" />
In December 1980, he was made the head of the Department for International Relations, at the SED Central Committee.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sieber, Günter |url=https://www.chronik-der-mauer.de/material/179954/sieber-guenter |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.chronik-der-mauer.de}}</ref>
In 1964, Sieber was awarded the [[Patriotic Order of Merit]] in Silver, in 1979 in Gold, and in 1988 the [[Banner of Labor]].<ref name=":0" />
===Peaceful Revolution===
During the ''[[Peaceful Revolution|Wende]]'', Sieber was elected as a candidate member of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Politburo of the Central Committee|Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED]], the ''de facto'' highest leadership body in [[East Germany]], and [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany#Secretariat of the Central Committee|Secretary of the Central Committee of the SED]] responsible for International Politics and Economics.<ref name=":0" />
Sieber's career advancement would prove to be short-lived, as the SED quickly lost power.
== References ==
<references/>
[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category
eople from Ilmenau]][[Category:Government ministers of East Germany]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of East Germany to Poland]]
[[Category:Socialist Unity Party of Germany politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Volkskammer]]
[[Category:Members of the 8th Volkskammer]]
[[Category:Members of the 9th Volkskammer]]
[[Category:Candidate members of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]
[[Category:Members of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]
[[Category:Candidate members of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Banner of Labor]]
[[Category:German communists]]
Okumaya devam et...