Herbert Ziegenhahn

Herbert Ziegenhahn
Herbert Ziegenhahn
	Ziegenhahn in 1984
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party; in Bezirk Gera
	In office; 14 February 1963 – 2 November 1989
Second Secretary	Rainer Knolle; Dieter Ukenings;
Preceded by	Paul Roscher
Succeeded by	Erich Postler
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Gera-Stadt, Gera-Land, Eisenberg, Stadtroda; (Saalfeld, Pößneck, Rudolstadt, Stadtroda, Eisenberg; 1963–1971)
	In office; 14 November 1963 – 16 November 1989
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Rainer Schwabe
Personal details
Born	Herbert Ziegenhahn; 27 October 1921; Dankerode, Free State of Anhalt, Weimar Republic (now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Died	29 June 1993 (aged 71)
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1951–1989)
Alma mater	"Karl Marx" Party Academy;
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Farmer;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Order of Karl Marx; Banner of Labor;
	Central institution membership 1966–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1963–1966: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1959–1963: First Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Dessau ; 1952–1959: First Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Quedlinburg ; 1951–1952: Mayor, Harzgerode ; 1950–1951: Mayor, Dankerode ;

Herbert Ziegenhahn (27 October 1921 – 29 June 1993) was a German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime First Secretary of the SED in Bezirk Gera and was a member of the Central Committee of the SED.