Paul Verner

Paul Verner
Paul Verner
	Verner
First Secretary of the; Socialist Unity Party in Berlin
	In office; February 1959 – May 1971
Second Secretary	Hans Kiefert; Hans Wagner; Konrad Naumann;
Preceded by	Hans Kiefert
Succeeded by	Konrad Naumann
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Zwickau-Stadt, Zwickau-Land; (Karl-Marx-Stadt; 1967-1971)
	In office; 16 November 1958 – 12 December 1986
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Willy Hallbauer (1987)
Central Committee Secretariat responsibilities
1980–1983	State and Legal Affairs
1971–1984	Financial Management and Party Businesses
1971–1983	Youth
1971–1978	Women
1958–1984	Church Affairs
1971–1983;; 1958–1967	Sports
1958–1967	Health Policy
1950–1953	All-German Affairs
Personal details
Born	26 April 1911; Chemnitz, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire (now Germany)
Died	12 December 1986 (aged 75); East Berlin, East Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1986)
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of Germany; (1929–1946)
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Journalist;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit; Order of Karl Marx; Order of Friendship of Peoples;
	Central institution membership 1963–1984: Full member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1958–1963: Candidate member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1950–1984: Full member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1981–1984: Deputy Chairman,; State Council ; 1971–1986: Member, State Council ; 1971–1983: Head,; Youth Commission of the Politburo ; 1963–1971: Member,; East Berlin City Council ; 1953–1958: Head, West Department of the Central Committee ;

Paul Verner (26 April 1911 – 12 December 1986) was a German communist politician. He joined the communist movement at a young age and went into exile during Adolf Hitler's rule. Verner became a prominent political personality in the German Democratic Republic after the war.