Werner Eberlein

Werner Eberlein
Eberlein in 1986
Chairman of the Central Party Control Commission
In office 8 November 1989 – 3 December 1989
General Secretary	Egon Krenz
Deputy	Werner Müller
Preceded by	Erich Mückenberger
Succeeded by	Position abolished
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Magdeburg
In office 22 June 1983 – 12 November 1989
Second Secretary	Walter Kirnich
Preceded by	Kurt Tiedke
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Pohl
Volkskammer Member of the Volkskammer for Magdeburg In office 16 June 1986 – 11 January 1990 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Karl-Heinz Richtetzky
Personal details
Born	Werner Eberlein (1919-11-09)9 November 1919 Mariendorf, Province of Brandenburg, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Berlin-Mariendorf, Germany)
Died	11 October 2002(2002-10-11) (aged 82) Berlin, Germany
Political party	Party of Democratic Socialism (1989–2002)
Other political affiliations	Socialist Unity Party (1948–1989)
Parent	Hugo Eberlein (father)
Alma mater	Moscow Higher Party School
Occupation	Politician Party Functionary Interpreter Journalist
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class Order of Karl Marx
Central institution membership 1986–1989: Full member, Politburo of the Central Committee 1985–1986: Candidate member, Politburo of the Central Committee 1960–1989: Full member, Central Committee Other offices held 1984–1989: Member, National Defence Council 1964–1983: Deputy Head, Party Organs Department of the Central Committee 1960–1964: Member, Agitation Commission at the Politburo

Werner Eberlein (9 November 1919 – 11 October 2002) was a German politician and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Rising to prominence as Russian interpreter to state and party leader Walter Ulbricht, he served as the First Secretary of the SED in Bezirk Magdeburg and as a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED in the 80s.