Edwin Schwertner

Edwin Schwertner
Head of the
Office of the Politburo
In office
June 1986 – 3 December 1989
General Secretary
Preceded byGisela Glende
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1932-02-11)11 February 1932
Liberec, Czechoslovakia
Died23 March 2016(2016-03-23) (aged 84)
Political partySocialist Unity Party
(1949–1989)
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Party Functionary
Awards

Edwin Schwertner (11 February 1932 – 23 March 2016) was a German-Czech economist and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Schwertner served as the head of the powerful Office of the Politburo during the latter half of the 1980s.

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