Werner Felfe

Werner Felfe
Felfe in 1982
Secretary for Agriculture of the
Central Committee Secretariat
In office
16 April 1981 – 7 September 1988
General Secretary
Preceded byGerhard Grüneberg
Succeeded byWerner Krolikowski
First Secretary of the
Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Halle
In office
May 1971 – May 1981
Second Secretary
  • Dieter Itzerott
  • Hans-Joachim Böhme
Preceded byHorst Sindermann
Succeeded byHans-Joachim Böhme
Second Secretary of the
Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Halle
In office
1968–1971
First Secretary
Preceded byGerhard Frost
Succeeded byDieter Itzerott
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer
for Pasewalk, Prenzlau, Strasburg, Templin, Ueckermünde
In office
29 November 1971 – 7 September 1988
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byBeatrix Dreschel (1989)
In office
19 November 1954 – 8 December 1958
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
Personal details
Born
Werner Felfe

(1928-01-04)4 January 1928
Großröhrsdorf, Free State of Saxony, Weimar Republic
Died7 September 1988(1988-09-07) (aged 60)
East Berlin, East Germany
Resting placeMemorial of the Socialists, Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Political partySocialist Unity Party
(1946–1988)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of Germany
(1945–1946)
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Party Functionary
  • Industrial Clerk
Awards
Central institution membership

Other offices held

Werner Felfe (4 January 1928 – 7 September 1988) was a German politician and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime First Secretary of the SED in Bezirk Halle and was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED. In the 1980s, he was the powerful SED Agriculture Secretary, instituting various reforms to the GDR's collectivized agricultural sector.

Until his surprising death in September 1988, he was thought of as a potential successor to Erich Honecker.