Herbert Scheibe

Herbert Scheibe
Scheibe in 1982
Head of the Department for Security Affairs of the Central Committee
In office 14 March 1972 – 15 March 1985
Secretary	Erich Honecker Egon Krenz
Deputy	Bruno Wansierski Fritz Renckwitz
Preceded by	Walter Borning
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Herger
Chief of the Air Forces/Air Defence Command
In office 15 March 1967 – 14 March 1972
Minister	Heinz Hoffmann
Preceded by	Heinz Keßler
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Reinhold
Personal details
Born	(1914-11-28)28 November 1914 Hohenmölsen, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Died	7 February 1991(1991-02-07) (aged 76) Berlin, Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party (1946–1989)
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Germany (1945–1946)
Occupation	Military Officer Party Functionary Policeman
Central institution membership 1975–1986: Full member, Central Committee 1967–1975: Candidate member, Central Committee

Herbert Scheibe (born Hohenmölsen 28 November 1914: died Berlin 7 February 1991) was an East German Generaloberst and, between 1967 and 1972, Commanding general of the country's Airforce.^[1]