Kurt Tiedke

Kurt Tiedke
Tiedke in 1982
Principal of the "Karl Marx" Party Academy
In office 23 June 1983 – 14 November 1989
First Deputy	Karl Hartmann
Preceded by	Hanna Wolf
Succeeded by	Götz Dieckmann
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Magdeburg
In office 11 February 1979 – 22 June 1983
Second Secretary	Walter Kirnich
Preceded by	Alois Pisnik
Succeeded by	Werner Eberlein
Volkskammer Member of the Volkskammer for Haldensleben, Oschersleben, Wolmirstedt, Wanzleben (Genthin, Havelberg, Stendal, Tangerhütte; 1981–1986) In office 25 June 1981 – 5 April 1990 Preceded by Gerhard Kupke Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Kurt Hermann Tiedke (1924-05-30)30 May 1924 Krebsfelde, Free City of Danzig (now Rakowiska, Poland)
Died	15 April 2015(2015-04-15) (aged 90)
Political party	Party of Democratic Socialism (1989–1990)
Other political affiliations	Socialist Unity Party (1948–1989)
Alma mater	"Karl Marx" Party Academy CPSU Higher Party School "W. I. Lenin" (Dipl.-Ges.-Wiss.)
Occupation	Politician Party Functionary Academic
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class Order of Karl Marx
Central institution membership 1967–1989: Full member, Central Committee 1963–1967: Candidate member, Central Committee Other offices held 1979–1983: Member, National Defence Council 1961–1979: Head, Propaganda Department of the Central Committee 1949–1950: Second Secretary, Socialist Unity Party in Seelow district

Kurt Hermann^[1] Tiedke (30 May 1924 – 15 April 2015) was a German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

A teacher at the SED's "Karl Marx" Party Academy in the 1950s, he was the longtime head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the SED before briefly serving as First Secretary of the Bezirk Magdeburg SED, also becoming a member of the National Defense Council of the GDR.

He returned to the party academy in 1983 as principal upon the retirement of Hanna Wolf. Until until his ouster during the Peaceful Revolution, Tiedke steadfastly held onto the SED's hardline stance.