Kurt Hager

Kurt Hager (24 July 1912 18 September 1998) was an East German statesman, a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany who was known as the chief ideologist of the party and decided many cultural and educational policies in the German Democratic Republic.

Kurt Hager
Hager in 1984
Member of the Volkskammer
for Jena-Stadt, Jena-Land, Rudolstadt, Saalfeld
In office
16 November 1958  16 November 1989
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Central Committee Secretariat responsibilities
1983–1989Party Academy Karl Marx
1967–1989Health Policy
1963–1989Culture
1957–1989Education
1955–1989Science
Personal details
Born
Leonard Kurt Hager

(1912-07-24)24 July 1912
Bietigheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire (now Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Died18 September 1998(1998-09-18) (aged 86)
Berlin, Germany
Resting placeZentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
Political partyGerman Communist Party
(1995–1998)
Other political
affiliations
SED-PDS
(1989–1990)
Socialist Unity Party
(1946–1989)
Communist Party of Germany
(1930–1946)
SpouseSabina Schauer
Children2
Alma materParteihochschule Karl Marx
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Functionary
  • Journalist
Awards
Central institution membership
  • 1963–1989: Full member,
    Politburo of the Central Committee
  • 1959–1963: Candidate member,
    Politburo of the Central Committee
  • 1954–1989: Full member,
    Central Committee
  • 1950–1966: Candidate member,
    Central Committee

Other offices held
  • 1979–1989: Member,
    National Defence Council
  • 1976–1989: Member, State Council
  • 1952–1955: Head, Department for Science of the Central Committee Secretariat
  • 1949–1952: Head, Department for Propaganda of the Central Committee Secretariat
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