Günter Sieber

Günter Sieber
Günter Sieber
	Sieber (right) with SWAPO president Sam Nujoma in 1989
Head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee
	In office; 7 July 1980 – 8 November 1989
Secretary	Hermann Axen;
Deputy	Bruno Mahlow; Friedel Trappen;
Preceded by	Egon Winkelmann
Succeeded by	Bruno Mahlow
Ambassador to the; Polish People's Republic
	In office; July 1973 – December 1980
Preceded by	Rudolf Rossmeisl
Succeeded by	Horst Neubauer
Minister for Trade and Supply
	In office; 25 March 1965 – 22 November 1972
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers	Willi Stoph;
First Deputy	Helmut Richter; Kurt Lemke; Kurt Bernheier;
Preceded by	Gerhard Lucht
Succeeded by	Gerhard Briksa
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer
	In office; 16 June 1986 – 5 April 1990
Preceded by	Leonhard Helmschrott
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Burg, Schönebeck, Staßfurt, Zerbst, №2
	In office; 25 June 1981 – 16 June 1986
Preceded by	Elke Arnold
Succeeded by	Horst Kreter
Constituency	Brandenburg-Stadt, Brandenburg-Land, Belzig, Rathenow №4
Central Committee Secretariat responsibilities
Nov. – Dec. 1989	International Relations Department
Nov. – Dec. 1989	International Politics and Economics Department
Personal details
Born	11 March 1930; Ilmenau, Free State of Thuringia, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died	26 November 2006 (aged 76); Strausberg, Brandenburg, Germany
Party	Socialist Unity Party; (1948–1989)
Alma mater	Deutsche Verwaltungsakademie; "Karl Marx" Party Academy; Zentralinstitut für sozialistische Wirtschaftsführung beim ZK der SED;
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Diplomat; Civil Servant;
	Central institution membership 1989: Candidate member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1981–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1976–1981: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; 1963–1967: Full member,; Central Auditing Commission ; Other offices held 1963–1965: First Deputy Chairman,; Workers' and Peasants' Inspection ;

Günter Sieber (11 March 1930 – 26 November 2006) was an East German politician, diplomat and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Starting off as an official in the State Planning Commission, during his forty-year-long career in East Germany, Sieber served as Trade and Supply Minister, ambassador to the Polish People's Republic and as the head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee of the SED, where he, among other things, coordinated East Germany's response to martial law in Poland and expanded the SED's involvement in Africa. During the Peaceful Revolution, he was also briefly part of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED as a candidate member, and as the last Secretary of the Central Committee responsible for foreign affairs.