Heinz Kuhrig

Heinz Kuhrig
Heinz Kuhrig
	Kuhrig (left of center) in 1981
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food
	In office; 3 October 1973 – 3 December 1982
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers	Horst Sindermann; Willi Stoph;
Preceded by	Georg Ewald
Succeeded by	Bruno Lietz
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Glauchau, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Reichenbach, Werdau; (Artern, Nebra, Querfurt, Saalkreis; 1976–1986)
	In office; 29 October 1976 – 5 April 1990
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Heinz Kuhrig; 4 March 1929; Strehla, Free State of Saxony, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died	13 September 2001 (aged 72); Berlin, Germany
Cause of death	Suicide by firearm
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1989)
Alma mater	Leipzig University (Dipl.-Landwirt); CPSU Higher Party School "W. I. Lenin";
Occupation	Politician; Civil Servant; Agricultural machinery mechanic;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Banner of Labor;
	Central institution membership 1976–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1983–1990: Vice President,; Society for German–Soviet Friendship ; 1982–1990: General Secretary,; Society for German–Soviet Friendship ;

Heinz Kuhrig (4 March 1929 – 13 September 2001) was a German politician of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Kuhrig served as the GDR's Agriculture Minister in the 1970s following Georg Ewald's death in a car accident.

He was forced into retirement in 1982 and committed suicide after German reunification.