Horst Brünner

*Generaloberst*
Horst Brünner
Generaloberst Horst Brünner
	Brünner in 1988
Chief of the; Political Administration
	In office; 10 December 1985 – 31 December 1989
Minister	Heinz Keßler;
Preceded by	Heinz Keßler
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Cottbus-Stadt, Cottbus-Land, Calau, Forst, Guben, Spremberg
	In office; 16 June 1986 – 29 January 1990
Preceded by	Heinz Keßler
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	21 February 1929; Buchwald, Province of Lower Silesia, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Bukowiec, Poland)
Died	19 June 2008 (aged 79); Blankensee, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1948–1989)
Alma mater	Friedrich Engels Military Academy; Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR (Dipl. rer. mil.);
Occupation	Party Functionary; Military Officer; Politician; Policeman;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Scharnhorst Order; Order of Karl Marx;
	Central institution membership 1986–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1976–1986: Full member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1986–1989: Member,; National Defence Council ;

Horst Brünner (1929–2008) was deputy Defense Minister in the East German Council of Ministers and chief of the Central Political Administration of the National People's Army.