Heinz Ziegner

Heinz Ziegner
Ziegner in 1988
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Schwerin
In office 28 January 1974 – 3 November 1989
Second Secretary	Bruno Lindemann Erich Postler
Preceded by	Bernhard Quandt
Succeeded by	Hans-Jürgen Audehm
Volkskammer Member of the Volkskammer for Hagenow, Ludwigslust, Perleberg In office 26 November 1971 – 16 November 1989 Preceded by Bruno Kiesler Succeeded by Thomas Singer
Personal details
Born	Heinz Ziegner (1928-07-13)13 July 1928 Annarode, Province of Saxony, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Died	23 December 2015(2015-12-23) (aged 87) Annarode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party (1946–1989)
Other political affiliations	Social Democratic Party (1945–1946)
Alma mater	Central Komsomol School Agraringenieurschule Haldensleben (Dipl.-Agrar Ing.)
Occupation	Politician Party Functionary Farmer
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class Banner of Labor Order of Karl Marx Hero of Labour
Central institution membership 1971–1989: Full member, Central Committee 1967–1971: Candidate member, Central Committee Other offices held 1969–1974: Second Secretary, Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Schwerin 1960–1969: Secretary for Agriculture, Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Magdeburg 1954–1960: First Secretary, Free German Youth in Bezirk Magdeburg 1954–1954: First Secretary, Socialist Unity Party in Schönebeck 1953–1954: First Secretary, Socialist Unity Party in Salzwedel 1952–1953: Second Secretary, Socialist Unity Party in Salzwedel

Heinz Ziegner (13 July 1928 – 23 December 2015) was a German politician and 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 Schwerin and was a member of the Central Committee of the SED.