Hermann Matern

Hermann Matern (17 June 1893 – 24 January 1971) was a German communist politician (KPD) and high ranking functionary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in the German Democratic Republic.

Hermann Matern
Matern in 1952
Chairman of the
Central Party Control Commission
In office
21 October 1948  24 January 1971
First Secretary
  • Walter Ulbricht
Deputy
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byErich Mückenberger
Deputy President of the Volkskammer
In office
7 October 1949  24 January 1971
President
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byFriedrich Ebert Jr.
Leader of the Socialist Unity Party
in the Volkskammer
In office
7 October 1949  24 January 1971
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byFriedrich Ebert Jr.
Chairman of the
Socialist Unity Party in Berlin
In office
21 April 1946  18 October 1948
Serving with Karl Litke
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHans Jendretzky
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Volkskammer
In office
18 March 1948  24 January 1971
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded bySiegfried Mohr
Member of the Landtag of Prussia
for East Prussia
In office
25 May 1932  31 March 1933
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born(1893-06-17)17 June 1893
Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, German Empire (now Germany)
Died24 January 1971(1971-01-24) (aged 77)
East Berlin, East Germany
Political partySocialist Unity Party
(1946–1971)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of Germany
(1919–1946)
Independent Social Democratic Party
(1918–1919)
Alma materInternational Lenin School
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Party Functionary
  • Tanner
Central institution membership
  • 1950–1971: Full member,
    Politburo of the Central Committee
  • 1946–1971: Full member,
    Central Committee
  • 1945–1946: Full member,
    KPD Central Committee

Other offices held
  • 1960–1971: Member,
    National Defence Council
  • 1954–1960: Member,
    Security Commission at the Politburo
  • 1946–1950: Member, Landtag of Saxony
  • 1926–1933: Member,
    Landtag of the Province of Saxony
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