Werner Felfe

Werner Felfe
Werner Felfe
	Felfe in 1982
Secretary for Agriculture of the; Central Committee Secretariat
	In office; 16 April 1981 – 7 September 1988
General Secretary	Erich Honecker;
Preceded by	Gerhard Grüneberg
Succeeded by	Werner Krolikowski
First Secretary of the; Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Halle
	In office; 22 May 1971 – 4 May 1981
Second Secretary	Dieter Itzerott; Hans-Joachim Böhme;
Preceded by	Horst Sindermann
Succeeded by	Hans-Joachim Böhme
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer
	In office; 16 June 1986 – 7 September 1988
Preceded by	Manfred Ewald
Succeeded by	Beatrix Dreschel
Constituency	Pasewalk, Prenzlau, Strasburg, Templin, Ueckermünde
	In office; 29 November 1971 – 16 June 1986
Preceded by	Rolf Poche
Succeeded by	Hans-Joachim Böhme
Constituency	Merseburg
Personal details
Born	Werner Felfe; 4 January 1928; Großröhrsdorf, Free State of Saxony, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died	7 September 1988 (aged 60); East Berlin, East Germany
Cause of death	Heart failure
Resting place	Memorial of the Socialists, Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1988)
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of Germany; (1945–1946)
Alma mater	"Karl Marx" Party Academy; Dresden University of Technology; (Dipl.-Ing.-Ökon.);
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Industrial Clerk;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Order of Karl Marx; Hero of Labour; Order of Friendship of Peoples;
	Central institution membership 1986–1988: Full member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1973–1986: Candidate member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1963–1988: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1954–1963: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1981–1988: Member, State Council ; 1976–1988: Member,; National Defence Council ; 1968–1971: Second Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Halle ; 1954–1957: Second Secretary,; Free German Youth ; 1950–1953: First Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Flöha district ;

Werner Felfe (4 January 1928 – 7 September 1988) was a German politician and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Felfe served as the longtime First Secretary of the SED in Bezirk Halle, center of the GDR's large and important chemical industry, and was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED. In the 1980s, he was the powerful SED Agriculture Secretary, instituting various reforms to the GDR's collectivized agricultural sector.

Until his surprising death in September 1988, he was thought of as a potential successor to Erich Honecker.