Horst Sindermann

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Horst Sindermann
Sindermann in 1976
President of the Volkskammer
In office 29 October 1976 – 13 November 1989
Deputy	Friedrich Ebert Jr. Gerald Götting
Preceded by	Gerald Götting
Succeeded by	Günther Maleuda
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
In office 3 October 1973 – 29 October 1976
First Deputy	Günter Mittag Alfred Neumann
Preceded by	Willi Stoph
Succeeded by	Willi Stoph
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers
In office 14 May 1971 – 3 October 1973 Serving with Alfred Neumann
Chairman	Willi Stoph
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Günter Mittag
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Halle
In office 21 January 1963 – 19 June 1971
Second Secretary	Gerhard Frost Werner Felfe
Preceded by	Bernard Koenen
Succeeded by	Werner Felfe
Head of the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee
In office 7 April 1954 – 21 January 1963
Secretary	Fred Oelßner Albert Norden
Deputy	Werner Felfe
Preceded by	Peter Pries
Succeeded by	Rudolf Singer (Agitation) Kurt Tiedke (Propaganda)
Volkskammer Member of the Volkskammer for Halle/Saale, Halle-Neustadt In office 20 October 1963 – 16 November 1989 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Joachim Pfeiffer
Personal details
Born	(1915-09-05)5 September 1915 Dresden, Free State of Saxony, German Empire (now Germany)
Died	20 April 1990(1990-04-20) (aged 74) East Berlin, East Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party (1946–1990)
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Germany (1945–1946)
Relatives	Kurt Sindermann [de] (brother)
Occupation	Politician Civil Servant
Central institution membership 1967–1989: Full member, Politburo of the Central Committee 1963–1989: Full member, Central Committee 1958–1963: Candidate member, Central Committee Other offices held 1976–1989: Deputy Chairman, State Council 1976–1989: Member, State Council 1972–1989: Member, National Defence Council

Horst Sindermann (German pronunciation: [ˈhɔʁst ˈzɪndɐman]; 5 September 1915 – 20 April 1990) was a Communist German politician and one of the leaders of East Germany. He became Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1973, but in 1976 he became President of the Volkskammer, the only member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany to hold the post.