Georg Ulrich Handke

Georg Ulrich Handke
(Georg Handke)
Georg Ulrich Handke
(1951: photographer Roger or Renate Rössing)
Born22 April 1894
Hanau, Hesse-Nassau, Germany
Died7 September 1962 (1962-09-08) (aged 68)
East Berlin, GDR (East Germany)
OccupationPolitician
Political partyUSDP (1917-1918)
Communist party of Germany (1919-1921, 1923-1946)
de:Kommunistische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (1921-1923)
Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1946-1962)
SpouseEmmi Handke (1947-1962)

Georg Ulrich Handke (born Hanau 22 April 1894: died Berlin 7 September 1962) was a German politician (Communist party of Germany/Socialist Unity Party of Germany).[1][2]

In 1958 he became one of the 111 members of the Party Central Committee in the German Democratic Republic. He had previously served as an ambassador and as government minister.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Helmut Müller-Enbergs; Bernd-Rainer Barth. "Handke, Georg Ulrich *22.4.1894, † 7.9.1962 Minister für Innerdt. Handel u. Außenhandel, Präsident der DSF". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Gestorben: Georg Handke". Der Spiegel (online). 19 September 1962. Retrieved 26 January 2015.