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Encyclopedia > Willy Stoph

Willi Stoph (9 July 1914 - 13 April 1999) was chairman of the council of ministers in East Germany.


He joined the Communist Party of Germany in 1931 and in 1950 became a member of the central committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and member of the Volkskammer. He was chairman of the council of ministers from 1963 to 1974 and again from 1976 until his resignation in 1989.


He was arrested for corruption in December 1989. In 1994 a court in Berlin decided that he should not get back his seized savings of 200,000 DM.

Preceded by:
Friedrich Ebert		 Chairman of the Council of State (GDR)
1973-1976		 Succeeded by:
Erich Honecker

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AllRefer.com - Willi Stoph (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (298 words)
Stoph served (1952–55) as minister of internal affairs and (1956–60) as minister for national defense, in which capacity he developed the East German army.
In Mar., 1970, he met with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and initiated negotiations for a nonaggression treaty and the normalization of relations; it was the first meeting between leaders of East and West Germany.
In 1976 Stoph was reappointed chairman of the council of ministers.
Willi Stoph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (183 words)
Willi Stoph (9 July 1914 - 13 April 1999) was Prime Minister of East Germany from 1973 to 1989.
Stoph joined the Communist Party of Germany in 1931 and in 1950 became a member of the central committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and member of the Volkskammer.
Stoph was subsequently arrested for corruption in December 1989.
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