Harry Tisch

Harry Tisch
Tisch in 1983
Chairman of the
Free German Trade Union Federation
In office
26 April 1975 – 2 November 1989
Deputy
  • Wolfgang Beyreuther
  • Johanna Töpfer
Preceded byHerbert Warnke
Succeeded byAnnelis Kimmel
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
in Bezirk Rostock
In office
21 July 1961 – 29 April 1975
Second Secretary
  • Ernst Timm
  • Heinz Lange
Preceded byKarl Mewis
Succeeded byErnst Timm
Personal details
Born(1927-03-28)28 March 1927
Heinrichswalde, Province of Pomerania, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)
Died18 June 1995(1995-06-18) (aged 68)
Berlin, Germany
Political partySocialist Unity Party
(1946–1989)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of Germany (1945–1946)
Alma materParty Academy Karl Marx
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Civil Servant
  • Union Official
  • Locksmith
Awards
Central institution membership

Other offices held

Harry Tisch (March 28, 1927, Heinrichswalde – June 18, 1995) was an East German politician and trade unionist who served as Chairman of the Free German Trade Union Federation between 1975 and 1989. He was also a member of the State Council from 1976 until he was forced to resign in November 1989.

He was a recipient of the Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold in 1969 and the Order of Karl Marx in 1977.

After German reunification Tisch was not tried in court[clarification needed] due to his declining health. He died of heart failure in 1995. Harry Tisch was a fan of the German football club FC Hansa Rostock.