Gisela Glende

Gisela Glende
Head of the
Office of the Politburo
In office
24 September 1968  June 1986
General Secretary
Preceded byOtto Schön
Succeeded byEdwin Schwertner
Personal details
Born
Gisela Trautzsch

(1925-10-30)30 October 1925
Lengefeld, Free State of Saxony, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died3 February 2016(2016-02-03) (aged 90)
Berlin, Germany
Political partySocialist Unity Party
(1946–1989)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of Germany
(1945–1946)
Spouse
(m. 1973; death 2004)
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Party Functionary
Awards
Central institution membership

Other offices held

Gisela Glende (born Gisela Trautzsch: 30 October 1925 - 3 February 2016) was an East German party official. She served between 1968 and 1986 as head of the Office of the Politburo, which meant she was responsible for preparing the agendas and draft decisions, and for producing the minutes of Poliburo meetings.