Eberhard Aurich | |||||||||||||
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First Secretary of the Free German Youth | |||||||||||||
In office 1 December 1983 – 24 November 1989 | |||||||||||||
Second Secretary |
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Preceded by | Egon Krenz | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Frank Türkowsky | ||||||||||||
Second Secretary of the Free German Youth | |||||||||||||
In office December 1980 – 1 December 1983 | |||||||||||||
First Secretary | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Erich Postler | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Volker Voigt | ||||||||||||
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Born | Eberhard Aurich 10 December 1946 Chemnitz, State of Saxony, Soviet occupation zone, Allied-occupied Germany (now Germany) | ||||||||||||
Political party | Party of Democratic Socialism (1989–1991) | ||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Socialist Unity Party (1967–1989) | ||||||||||||
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Eberhard Aurich (born 10 December 1946) is a former German politician and high-ranking functionary of the Free German Youth (FDJ).
In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the First Secretary of the FDJ from 1983 to 1989. He was the last First Secretary before the Peaceful Revolution.
Aurich has since distanced himself from the GDR.