Horst Schumann (politician)

Horst Schumann (6 February 1924 – 28 December 1993) was a German politician and functionary of the Free German Youth (FDJ) and the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Horst Schumann
Schumann in 1961
First Secretary of the
Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Leipzig
In office
21 November 1970  5 November 1989
Second Secretary
  • Jochen Hoffmann
  • Helmut Hackenberg
Preceded byPaul Fröhlich
Succeeded byRoland Wötzel
First Secretary of the
Free German Youth
In office
May 1959  May 1967
Second Secretary
  • Günther Jahn
Preceded byKarl Namokel
Succeeded byGünther Jahn
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer
for Leipzig-Südwest, Leipzig-West, Leipzig-Nord, Leipzig-Nordost
In office
14 November 1963  16 November 1989
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Horst Schumann

(1924-02-06)6 February 1924
Berlin, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died28 December 1993(1993-12-28) (aged 80)
Berlin, Germany
Resting placeFriedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Political partySocialist Unity Party
(1946–1989)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of Germany (1945–1946)
Parent
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Party Functionary
  • Piano Maker
Awards
Central institution membership
  • 1959–1989: Full member,
    Central Committee
  • 1958–1959: Candidate member,
    Central Committee

Other offices held

In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime First Secretary of the FDJ from 1959 to 1967 and of the SED in Bezirk Leipzig from 1970 to 1989.

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