Secretary for Agriculture of the Central Committee Secretariat
In office 16 April 1981 – 7 September 1988
General Secretary
Erich Honecker
Preceded by
Gerhard Grüneberg
Succeeded by
Werner Krolikowski
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Halle
In office May 1971 – May 1981
Second Secretary
Dieter Itzerott
Hans-Joachim Böhme
Preceded by
Horst Sindermann
Succeeded by
Hans-Joachim Böhme
Second Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Halle
In office 1968–1971
First Secretary
Horst Sindermann
Preceded by
Gerhard Frost
Succeeded by
Dieter Itzerott
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer for Pasewalk, Prenzlau, Strasburg, Templin, Ueckermünde
In office 29 November 1971 – 7 September 1988
Preceded by
multi-member district
Succeeded by
Beatrix Dreschel (1989)
In office 19 November 1954 – 8 December 1958
Preceded by
multi-member district
Succeeded by
multi-member district
Personal details
Born
Werner Felfe
(1928-01-04)4 January 1928 Großröhrsdorf, Free State of Saxony, Weimar Republic
Died
7 September 1988(1988-09-07) (aged 60) East Berlin, East Germany
Resting place
Memorial of the Socialists, Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Political party
Socialist Unity Party (1946–1988)
Other political affiliations
Communist Party of Germany (1945–1946)
Alma mater
"Karl Marx" Party Academy
Dresden University of Technology
Occupation
Politician
Party Functionary
Industrial Clerk
Awards
Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class
Order of Karl Marx
Hero of Labour
Central institution membership
1986–1988: Full member, Politburo of the Central Committee
1973–1986: Candidate member, Politburo of the Central Committee
1963–1988: Full member, Central Committee
1954–1963: Candidate member, Central Committee
Other offices held
1981–1988: Member, State Council
1976–1988: Member, National Defence Council
1966–1968: Secretary for Agitation and Propaganda, Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Halle
1965–1966: Deputy Head, Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee
1954–1957: Second Secretary, Free German Youth
1950–1953: First Secretary, Socialist Unity Party in Flöha district
Werner Felfe (4 January 1928 – 7 September 1988) was a German politician and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).
In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime First Secretary of the SED in Bezirk Halle and was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED. In the 1980s, he was the powerful SED Agriculture Secretary, instituting various reforms to the GDR's collectivized agricultural sector.
Until his surprising death in September 1988, he was thought of as a potential successor to Erich Honecker.
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of SD and postwar a KGB Spy in Gehlen Organization. Tried 1963 in Hans Felfe Trial and sentenced to 10 years. Died 1976. Theodor Dannecker born 27.03...
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"moles"; they had come from the earlier Gehlen Organization. One mole, Heinz Felfe, was convicted of treason in 1963. Others were not uncovered during Gehlen's...
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