Kurt Hager

Kurt Hager
Kurt Hager
	Hager in 1984
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Jena-Stadt, Jena-Land, Rudolstadt, Saalfeld
	In office; 16 November 1958 – 16 November 1989
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Bernd Voigt
Central Committee Secretariat responsibilities
1983–1989	Party Academy Karl Marx
1967–1989	Health Policy
1963–1989	Culture
1957–1989	Education
1955–1989	Science
Personal details
Born	Leonard Kurt Hager; 24 July 1912; Bietigheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire (now Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Died	18 September 1998 (aged 86); Berlin, Germany
Resting place	Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
Party	KPD (1930–1946); SED (1946–1989); SED-PDS (1989–1990); DKP (1995–1998)
Spouse	Sabina Schauer
Children	2
Alma mater	Parteihochschule Karl Marx
Occupation	Politician; Functionary; Journalist;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit; Banner of Labor; Hero of Labour; Order of Karl Marx;
	Central institution membership 1963–1989: Full member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1959–1963: Candidate member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1954–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1950–1966: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1979–1989: Member,; National Defence Council ; 1976–1989: Member, State Council ; 1952–1955: Head, Department for Science of the Central Committee Secretariat ; 1949–1952: Head, Department for Propaganda of the Central Committee Secretariat ;

Kurt Hager (24 July 1912 – 18 September 1998) was an East German statesman, a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany who was known as the chief ideologist of the party and decided many cultural and educational policies in the German Democratic Republic.