Kurt Tiedke

Kurt Tiedke

German politician (1924–1976)

Died aged 90GeminiGermany

Biography

Kurt Hermann Tiedke (30 May 1924 – 15 April 2015) was a German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

A teacher at the SED's "Karl Marx" Party Academy in the 1950s, he was the longtime head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the SED before briefly serving as First Secretary of the Bezirk Magdeburg SED, also becoming a member of the National Defense Council of the GDR.

He returned to the party academy in 1983 as principal upon the retirement of Hanna Wolf. Until his ouster during the Peaceful Revolution, Tiedke steadfastly held onto the SED's hardline stance.

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Career highlights

Career & roles

  • member of the Volkskammer

Employers / organisations

  • Parteihochschule Karl Marx

Awards & honours (2)

  • Order of Karl Marx
  • Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold

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Kurt Tiedke died on April 15, 2015 at the age of 90.
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Kurt Tiedke was born on May 30, 1924.
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Kurt Tiedke was born in Großes Werder.
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Kurt Tiedke's zodiac sign is Gemini.
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Kurt Tiedke is a citizen of Germany, East Germany.
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Kurt Tiedke is known as politician, university teacher.

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