Werner Schmieder

Werner Schmieder
Minister of Finance and Prize
In office
June 1980 – June 1981
Prime MinisterWilli Stoph
Preceded bySiegfried Böhm
Succeeded byErnst Höfner
Personal details
Born (1926-11-11) 11 November 1926 (age 98)
Bannewitz
NationalityGerman
Political partySocialist Unity Party of Germany

Werner Schmieder (born 11 November 1926) is a former politician who served as the minister of finance in East Germany in the period 1980–1981.

Biography

Schmieder was born in Possendorf, today Bannewitz, on 11 November 1926.[1] He received a degree in economy and in 1967 he also obtained his Ph.D. in road engineering.[1] Between 1949 and 1955 he worked at Investbank in Dresden.[1] In 1955 he became a member of the Socialist Unity Party.[1] He was the head of the Investbank in Cottbus from 1955 to 1962.[1] He served as the deputy minister of finance (1967–1974) and state secretary (1974–1980).[1]

Schmieder was appointed minister of finance in July 1980 succeeding Siegfried Böhm in the post.[2] Schmieder's term ended in June 1981 when Ernst Höfner replaced him in the post.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Schmieder, Werner" (in German). Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung.
  2. ^ a b Peter Joachim Lapp (2013). Der Ministerrat der DDR: Aufgaben, Arbeitsweise und Struktur der anderen deutschen Regierung (in German). Opladen: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. p. 137. ISBN 978-3-322-88734-4.
  3. ^ "Deutschland (DDR). Ministerium der Finanzen". University of Jena Libraries. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by Finance Minister of East Germany
1980–1981 		Succeeded by