Horst Sindermann
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Horst Sindermann (September 5, 1915 - April 20, 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 |
Presidents of the Volkskammer of the German Democratic Republic
Johannes Dieckmann | Gerald Götting | Horst Sindermann | Günther Maleuda | Sabine Bergmann-Pohl