Fritz Selbmann

Fritz Selbmann
Fritz Selbmann
	Selbmann in 1951
Deputy Minister-President of the; Council of Ministers
	In office; 24 November 1955 – 13 February 1958
Minister-President	Otto Grotewohl;
Preceded by	Multi-member position
Succeeded by	Multi-member position
Minister of Heavy Industry
	In office; 16 November 1950 – 24 November 1955
Minister-President	Otto Grotewohl;
Preceded by	Himself (as Minister of Industry)
Succeeded by	Rudolf Steinwand
Minister of Industry
	In office; 7 October 1949 – 7 November 1950
Minister-President	Otto Grotewohl;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Himself (as Minister of Heavy Industry)
Deputy Chairman of the; German Economic Commission
	In office; 9 March 1948 – 7 October 1949
Chairman	Heinrich Rau;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Volkskammer; for Berlin
	In office; 29 May 1949 – 20 October 1963
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Member of the Landtag of Saxony
	In office; 22 November 1946 – 30 June 1950
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Kurt Drechsler
Member of the Reichstag; for Leipzig
	In office; 31 July 1932 – 28 February 1933
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the Landtag of Prussia; for Leipzig
	In office; 24 April 1932 – 22 August 1932
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Hans Degel
Personal details
Born	Friedrich Wilhelm Selbmann; 29 September 1899; Lauterbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire
Died	26 January 1975 (aged 75); East Berlin, East Germany
Party	USPD (1920–1922); KPD (1922–1946); SED (after 1946)
Spouse	Käte Müller
Children	Erich
Alma mater	International Lenin School
Occupation	Politician; Writer;
Awards	National Prize of the German Democratic Republic ; Order of Karl Marx (1969) ; Patriotic Order of Merit, gold clasp (1965) ; Patriotic Order of Merit, in gold (1964) ; Banner of Labor (1960) ; Patriotic Order of Merit, in silver (1955)
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire
Years of service	1917–1918
Battles/wars	World War I Western Front; ;
	Central institution membership 1954–1958: Full member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1931–1933: Political Leader,; Saxony KPD ; 1930–1931: Political Leader,; Upper Silesia KPD ; 1929–1930: Member,; Landtag of the Rhine Province KPD ; 1924: Organizational Leader,; Bottrop KPD ;

Friedrich Wilhelm "Fritz" Selbmann (29 September 1899 – 26 January 1975) was a German communist politician and writer who served in several legislative positions in the Weimar Republic and East Germany between 1932 and 1963. In the latter state, he also served as Minister of Industry and Heavy Industry from 1949 to 1955, and as Deputy Minister-President of the Council of Ministers from 1955 to 1958.

A manual laborer and veteran of World War I, Selbmann became a regional leader of the Communist Party during the Weimar era. He spent the twelve years of Nazi rule in prison and, after 1940, in a series of concentration camps, though he survived. After the war's end he became a senior party official and author in the German Democratic Republic.