Paul Verner

Paul Verner
Verner
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Berlin
In office February 1959 – May 1971
Second Secretary	Hans Kiefert Hans Wagner Konrad Naumann
Preceded by	Hans Kiefert
Succeeded by	Konrad Naumann
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Volkskammer for Zwickau-Stadt, Zwickau-Land (Karl-Marx-Stadt; 1967-1971) In office 16 November 1958 – 12 December 1986 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Willy Hallbauer (1987)
Central Committee Secretariat responsibilities[1]
1980–1983	State and Legal Affairs
1971–1984	Financial Administration and Party Businesses
1971–1983	Youth
1971–1978	Woman
1958–1984	Church Affairs
1971–1983; 1958–1967	Sport
1958–1967	Health Policy
1950–1953	All-German Affairs
Personal details
Born	(1911-04-26)26 April 1911 Chemnitz, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire (now Germany)
Died	12 December 1986(1986-12-12) (aged 75) East Berlin, East Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party (1946–1986)
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Germany (1929–1946)
Occupation	Politician Party Functionary Journalist
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit Order of Karl Marx Order of Friendship of Peoples
Central institution membership 1963–1984: Full member, Politburo of the Central Committee 1958–1963: Candidate member, Politburo of the Central Committee 1950–1984: Full member, Central Committee Other offices held 1981–1984: Deputy Chairman, State Council 1971–1986: Member, State Council 1971–1983: Head, Youth Commission of the Politburo 1963–1971: Member, East Berlin City Council 1953–1958: Head, West Department of the Central Committee

Paul Verner (26 April 1911 – 12 December 1986) was a German communist politician. He joined the communist movement at a young age and went into exile during Adolf Hitler's rule. Verner became a prominent political personality in the German Democratic Republic after the war.