Otto Schön

Otto Schön
Otto Schön
	Schön (left) in 1967
Head of the; Office of the Politburo
	In office; 24 July 1950 – 15 September 1968
First Secretary	Walter Ulbricht;
Deputy	Rudolf Thunig; Gisela Glende;
Preceded by	Rudolf Thunig
Succeeded by	Gisela Glende
Secretary for Leading Organs of the Party and Mass Organizations of the; Central Committee Secretariat
	In office; 24 July 1950 – 26 July 1953
First Secretary	Walter Ulbricht;
Preceded by	Paul Verner
Succeeded by	Karl Schirdewan
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Meißen, Riesa
	In office; 3 December 1958 – 15 September 1968
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Manfred Clauß
Personal details
Born	Otto Ernst Schön; 9 August 1905; Königsberg, East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Kaliningrad, Russia)
Died	15 September 1968 (aged 63); East Berlin, East Germany
Resting place	Memorial of the Socialists, Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1968)
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of Germany; (1925–1946)
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Metal Worker;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Medal for Fighters Against Fascism; Order of Karl Marx;
	Central institution membership 1950–1968: Full member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1947–1950: Second Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Saxony ; 1946–1947: Chairman,; Socialist Unity Party in Dresden ;

Otto Schön (9 August 1905 – 15 September 1968) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism, politician and party functionary of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Schön began his political career during the Weimar Republic as a regional party functionary of the KPD in Saxony. After the Nazis rose to power, he was arrested and detained in Nazi concentration camps until 1937. He served in the German resistance in Leipzig after a brief service in the Wehrmacht.

He rose through the ranks of the Socialist Unity Party in East Germany, eventually serving on the powerful Secretariat of the Central Committee as Secretary responsible for the Leading Organs of the Party and Mass Organizations Department. Though he lost that role after the 1953 uprising, he remained head of the powerful Office of the Politburo until his death in 1968.