Horst Schumann (politician)

Horst Schumann
Horst Schumann
	Schumann in 1961
First Secretary of the; Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Leipzig
	In office; 21 November 1970 – 5 November 1989
Second Secretary	Jochen Hoffmann; Helmut Hackenberg;
Preceded by	Paul Fröhlich
Succeeded by	Roland Wötzel
First Secretary of the; Free German Youth
	In office; May 1959 – May 1967
Second Secretary	Günther Jahn;
Preceded by	Karl Namokel
Succeeded by	Günther Jahn
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Leipzig-Südwest, Leipzig-West, Leipzig-Nord, Leipzig-Nordost
	In office; 14 November 1963 – 16 November 1989
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Horst Schumann; 6 February 1924; Berlin, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died	28 December 1993 (aged 80); Berlin, Germany
Resting place	Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1989)
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of Germany (1945–1946)
Parent	Georg Schumann (father);
Alma mater	Party Academy Karl Marx; CPSU Higher Party School;
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Piano Maker;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Order of Karl Marx; Hero of Labour;
	Central institution membership 1959–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1958–1959: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1960–1971: Member, State Council ; 1969–1970: Second Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Leipzig ; 1953: First Secretary,; Free German Youth in Bezirk Leipzig ; 1950–1953: First Secretary,; Free German Youth in Saxony ; 1947–1948: First Secretary,; Free German Youth in Leipzig ;

Horst Schumann (6 February 1924 – 28 December 1993) was a German politician and functionary of the Free German Youth (FDJ) and the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime First Secretary of the FDJ from 1959 to 1967 and of the SED in Bezirk Leipzig from 1970 to 1989.