Paul Markowski (politician)

Paul Markowski
Paul Markowski
Head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee
	In office; 1966 – 6 March 1978
Secretary	Hermann Axen;
Deputy	Rudi Guttmann; Harry Ott; Egon Winkelmann; Gerd König;
Preceded by	Peter Florin
Succeeded by	Egon Winkelmann
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Berlin
	In office; 29 November 1971 – 6 March 1978
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Egon Winkelmann
Personal details
Born	1 June 1929; Magdeburg, Province of Saxony, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Died	6 March 1978 (aged 48); Wadi Suf al-Jin, Libya
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1950–1978)
Spouse	; Liesel Carow (m. 1955; died 1978)
Alma mater	Deutsche Akademie für Staats- und Rechtswissenschaft (DASR) „Walter Ulbricht“ (Dipl.-Staatswiss.); CPSU Higher Party School "W. I. Lenin";
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Machinist;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit; Banner of Labor;
	Central institution membership 1971–1978: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1967–1971: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1964–1966: Deputy Head, International Relations Department of the Central Committee ;

Paul Markowski (1 June 1929 – 6 March 1978) was an East German politician. He became a member of the country's powerful Party Central Committee in 1971, at the unusually young age of 43. He was also unusually talented as a linguist. A promising career was cut short, however, when he died as the result of a desert helicopter accident while accompanying Werner Lamberz on a trade mission to Libya.