Heinz Kuhrig

Heinz Kuhrig
Heinz Kuhrig
	Kuhrig in 1981
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food
	In office; 3 October 1973 – 3 December 1982
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers	Horst Sindermann; Willi Stoph;
Preceded by	Georg Ewald
Succeeded by	Bruno Lietz
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer
	In office; 16 June 1986 – 5 April 1990
Preceded by	Käte Niederkirchner
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Glauchau, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Reichenbach, Werdau, №3
	In office; 29 October 1976 – 16 June 1986
Preceded by	Siegfried Tannhäuser
Succeeded by	Bruno Lietz
Constituency	Artern, Nebra, Querfurt, Saalkreis, №1
Personal details
Born	4 March 1929; Strehla, Free State of Saxony, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died	13 September 2001 (aged 72); Berlin, Germany
Cause of death	Suicide by firearm
Party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1989)
Alma mater	Leipzig University; (Dipl.-Landwirt); CPSU Higher Party School "W. I. Lenin";
Occupation	Politician; Civil Servant; Agricultural machinery mechanic;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Banner of Labor;
	Central institution membership 1976–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1971–1976: Full member,; Central Auditing Commission ; Other offices held 1983–1990: Vice President,; Society for German–Soviet Friendship ; 1982–1990: General Secretary,; Society for German–Soviet Friendship ;

Heinz Kuhrig (4 March 1929 – 13 September 2001) was an East German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Kuhrig served as the East Germany's Agriculture Minister in the 1970s following Georg Ewald's death in a car accident.

He was forced into retirement in 1982 and committed suicide after German reunification.