Wolfgang Mitzinger

Wolfgang Mitzinger
Wolfgang Mitzinger
Minister for Coal and Energy
	In office; 28 June 1979 – 18 November 1989
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers	Willi Stoph;
Preceded by	Klaus Siebold
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	Wolfgang Mitzinger; 18 February 1932; Lichtenstein-Callnberg, Free State of Saxony, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Party	Socialist Unity Party
Alma mater	Bergingenieurschule Zwickau; "Karl Marx" Party Academy;
Occupation	Politician; Civil Servant; Electrician;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 3rd class; Banner of Labor;
	Central institution membership 1967–1968: Full member,; Bezirk Cottbus SED leadership ; Other offices held 1989–1990: Deputy Minister,; Ministry for Heavy Industries ; 1972–1979: State Secretary,; Ministry for Coal and Energy ; 1968–1971: First Deputy Minister,; Ministry for Basic Industries ; 1964–1968: General Director,; VVB Kraftwerke Cottbus ;

Wolfgang Mitzinger (born 18 February 1932) is a former German civil servant and politician of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

An electrician by trade, Mitzinger notably served as Energy Minister of the raw material deprived GDR in the 1980s.