Hermann Matern

Hermann Matern
Hermann Matern
	Matern in 1952
Chairman of the; Central Party Control Commission
	In office; 21 October 1948 – 24 January 1971
First Secretary	Walter Ulbricht;
Deputy	Herta Geffke;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Erich Mückenberger
Deputy President of the Volkskammer
	In office; 7 October 1949 – 24 January 1971
President	Johannes Dieckmann; Gerald Götting;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Friedrich Ebert Jr.
Leader of the Socialist Unity Party; in the Volkskammer
	In office; 7 October 1949 – 24 January 1971
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Friedrich Ebert Jr.
Chairman of the; Socialist Unity Party in Berlin
	In office; 21 April 1946 – 18 October 1948 Serving with Karl Litke
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Hans Jendretzky
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Staßfurt, Schönebeck, Zerbst, Burg
	In office; 18 March 1948 – 24 January 1971
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Siegfried Mohr
Member of the Landtag of Prussia ; for East Prussia
	In office; 25 May 1932 – 31 March 1933
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	17 June 1893; Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, German Empire (now Germany)
Died	24 January 1971 (aged 77); East Berlin, East Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1971)
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of Germany; (1919–1946); Independent Social Democratic Party; (1918–1919)
Alma mater	International Lenin School
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Tanner;
	Central institution membership 1950–1971: Full member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1946–1971: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1945–1946: Full member,; KPD Central Committee ; Other offices held 1960–1971: Member,; National Defence Council ; 1954–1960: Member,; Security Commission at the Politburo ; 1946–1950: Member, Landtag of Saxony ; 1926–1933: Member,; Landtag of the Province of Saxony ;

Hermann Matern (17 June 1893 – 24 January 1971) was a German communist politician (KPD) and high ranking functionary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in the German Democratic Republic.