Kurt Hager

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Kurt Hager
Hager in 1984
Member of the Volkskammer for Jena-Stadt, Jena-Land, Rudolstadt, Saalfeld[1]
In office 16 November 1958 – 16 November 1989
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Bernd Voigt
Central Committee Secretariat responsibilities[2]
1983–1989	Party Academy Karl Marx
1967–1989	Health Policy
1963–1989	Culture
1957–1989	Education
1955–1989	Science
Personal details
Born	Leonard Kurt Hager (1912-07-24)24 July 1912 Bietigheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire (now Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Died	18 September 1998(1998-09-18) (aged 86) Berlin, Germany
Resting place	Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
Political party	German Communist Party (1995–1998)
Other political affiliations	SED-PDS (1989–1990) Socialist Unity Party (1946–1989) Communist Party of Germany (1930–1946)
Spouse	Sabina Schauer
Children	2
Alma mater	Parteihochschule Karl Marx
Occupation	Politician Functionary Journalist
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit Banner of Labor Hero of Labour Order of Karl Marx
Central institution membership 1963–1989: Full member, Politburo of the Central Committee 1959–1963: Candidate member, Politburo of the Central Committee 1954–1989: Full member, Central Committee 1950–1966: Candidate member, Central Committee Other offices held 1979–1989: Member, National Defence Council 1976–1989: Member, State Council 1952–1955: Head, Department for Science of the Central Committee Secretariat 1949–1952: Head, Department for Propaganda of the Central Committee Secretariat

Kurt Hager (24 July 1912 – 18 September 1998) was an East German statesman, a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany who was known as the chief ideologist of the party and decided many cultural and educational policies in the German Democratic Republic.