Hermann Matern

Hermann Matern
Hermann Matern
	Portrait by Abraham Pisarek, 1946
Chairman of the; Central Party Control Commission
	In office; 21 October 1948 – 24 January 1971
First Secretary	Walter Ulbricht;
Deputy	Herta Geffke;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Erich Mückenberger
Deputy President of the Volkskammer
	In office; 7 October 1949 – 24 January 1971
President	Johannes Dieckmann; Gerald Götting;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Friedrich Ebert Jr.
Leader of the Socialist Unity Party; in the Volkskammer
	In office; 7 October 1949 – 24 January 1971
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Friedrich Ebert Jr.
Chairman of the; Socialist Unity Party in Berlin
	In office; 21 April 1946 – 18 October 1948 Serving with Karl Litke
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Hans Jendretzky
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Staßfurt, Schönebeck, Zerbst, Burg
	In office; 18 March 1948 – 24 January 1971
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Siegfried Mohr
Member of the Landtag of Prussia ; for East Prussia
	In office; 25 May 1932 – 31 March 1933
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	17 June 1893; Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, German Empire (now Germany)
Died	24 January 1971 (aged 77); East Berlin, East Germany
Party	SPD (1911–1914); USPD (1918–1919); KPD (1919–1946); SED (1946–1971)
Alma mater	International Lenin School
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Tanner;
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire
Branch/service	Imperial German Army
Years of service	1914–1918
Battles/wars	World War I Western Front; ;
	Central institution membership 1950–1971: Full member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1946–1971: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1945–1946: Full member,; KPD Central Committee ; Other offices held 1960–1971: Member,; National Defence Council ; 1954–1960: Member,; Security Commission at the Politburo ; 1946–1950: Member, Landtag of Saxony ; 1931–1933: Political Leader,; East Prussia KPD ; 1927–1928, 1929–1931: Political Leader,; Magdeburg KPD ; 1926–1933: Member,; Landtag of the Province of Saxony ;

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Hermann Matern (17 June 1893 – 24 January 1971) was a German communist politician and high ranking functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED) in East Germany. From the nation's founding in 1949 until his death in 1971 he served as chairman of the Central Party Control Commission, deputy president of the Volkskammer, and leader of the SED in the Volkskammer, in addition to holding full membership in the party's Central Committee and Politburo.