Paul Fröhlich

Paul Fröhlich
Paul Fröhlich
	Fröhlich in 1952
First Secretary of the; Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Leipzig
	In office; January 1953 – 19 September 1970
Second Secretary	Luise Bäuml; Otto Heckert; Hans Wetzel; Horst Schumann;
Preceded by	Karl Schirdewan
Succeeded by	Horst Schumann
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Leipzig - Stadtbezirk Südwest, Stadtbezirk West, Stadtbezirk Nord, Stadtbezirk Nordost
	In office; 19 November 1954 – 19 September 1970
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Klaus-Dietrich Sturm
Personal details
Born	Paul Fröhlich; 21 March 1913; Niederplanitz, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire (now Zwickau-Niederplanitz, Saxony, Germany)
Died	19 September 1970 (aged 57); East Berlin, East Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1970)
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of Germany (1930–1946)
Alma mater	"Karl Marx" Party Academy;
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Cook;
	Central institution membership 1963–1970: Full member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1958–1963: Candidate member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1958–1970: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1954–1958: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1950–1952: First Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Leipzig ; 1949–1950: First Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Bautzen ;

Paul Fröhlich (21 March 1913 – 19 September 1970) was a German politician and high-ranking 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 Leipzig and was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED. Until his surprising death in September 1970, he ruled Bezirk Leipzig in a particularly authoritarian manner.