Helmut Semmelmann

Helmut Semmelmann
Helmut Semmelmann
Secretary for Agriculture of the; Central Committee Secretariat
	In office; 10 November 1989 – 3 December 1989
General Secretary	Egon Krenz;
Preceded by	Johannes Chemnitzer
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Head of the Agriculture Department of the Central Committee
	In office; 25 November 1982 – 3 December 1989
Secretary	Werner Felfe; Werner Krolikowski; Johannes Chemnitzer;
Deputy	Heinz Besser; Heinz Drescher;
Preceded by	Bruno Lietz
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Brandenburg-Stadt, Brandenburg-Land, Belzig, Rathenow
	In office; 16 June 1986 – 5 April 1990
Preceded by	Heinz Hofmann
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Helmut Semmelmann; 8 August 1934; Gera, State of Thuringia, Nazi Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1955–1989)
Alma mater	Timiryazev Academy of Agriculture (Dipl.-Landwirt); "Karl Marx" Party Academy;
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Farmer;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Banner of Labor;
	Central institution membership 1986–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1981–1982: First Secretary, Socialist Unity Party in Central Organs of Agriculture and Food Industry ;

Helmut Semmelmann (born 8 August 1934) is a former German farmer, politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime head of the powerful Agriculture Department of the SED Central Committee. During the Wende, he also briefly served in the Central Committee Secretariat as Secretary responsible for Agriculture.