Heinz Ziegner

Heinz Ziegner
Heinz Ziegner
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party; in Bezirk Schwerin
	In office; 28 January 1974 – 3 November 1989
Second Secretary	Bruno Lindemann; Erich Postler;
Preceded by	Bernhard Quandt
Succeeded by	Hans-Jürgen Audehm
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Hagenow, Ludwigslust, Perleberg
	In office; 26 November 1971 – 16 November 1989
Preceded by	Bruno Kiesler
Succeeded by	Thomas Singer
Personal details
Born	Heinz Ziegner; 13 July 1928; Annarode, Province of Saxony, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Died	23 December 2015 (aged 87); Annarode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1989)
Other political; affiliations	Social Democratic Party; (1945–1946)
Alma mater	Central Komsomol School; Agraringenieurschule Haldensleben (Dipl.-Agrar Ing.);
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Farmer;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Banner of Labor; Order of Karl Marx; Hero of Labour;
	Central institution membership 1971–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1967–1971: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1969–1974: Second Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Schwerin ; 1960–1969: Secretary for Agriculture,; Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Magdeburg ; 1954–1960: First Secretary,; Free German Youth in Bezirk Magdeburg ; 1954–1954: First Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Schönebeck ; 1953–1954: First Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Salzwedel ; 1952–1953: Second Secretary,; Socialist Unity Party in Salzwedel ;

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Heinz Ziegner (13 July 1928 – 23 December 2015) was a German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime First Secretary of the SED in Bezirk Schwerin and was a member of the Central Committee of the SED.