Friedrich Dickel

Friedrich Dickel
Dickel in 1983
Minister of the Interior Head of the Volkspolizei
In office 15 November 1963 – 17 November 1989
Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Willi Stoph Horst Sindermann Willi Stoph
Deputy	Willi Seifert Rudolf Riss Lothar Ahrendt
Preceded by	Karl Maron
Succeeded by	Lothar Ahrendt
Member of the Volkskammer for Auerbach, Klingenthal, Oelsnitz, Plauen-Stadt, Plauen-Land
In office 2 July 1967 – 16 November 1989
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Hans-Ludwig Erlenbeck
Personal details
Born	(1913-12-09)9 December 1913 Vohwinkel, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	23 October 1993(1993-10-23) (aged 79) Berlin, Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party (1946–1989)
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Germany (1931–1946)
Occupation	Politician Civil Servant Soldier Founder
Central institution membership 1967–1989: Full member, Central Committee Other offices held 1963–1989: Member, National Defence Council

Friedrich Dickel (9 December 1913 – 23 October 1993) was a German politician, veteran of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War and law enforcement administrator who served as the interior minister for nearly twenty-six years, the longest-serving individual to hold that post in East Germany.