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Heinz Kessler

Heinz Keßler

German military officer, Armeegeneral in the former National People's Army of East Germany (1920-2017).

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Statements about Heinz Kessler

Sex or Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Lubań

Country of Citizenship

Germany
 (1/26/1920 - )
Start Time
: 1/26/1920
German Democratic Republic
 (1949 - 1990)
Start Time
: 1949
End Time
: 1990
German Reich

Member of Political Party

Socialist Unity Party of Germany
 (1946 - )
Start Time
: 1946
German Communist Party
 (2009 - )
Start Time
: 2009
Communist Party of Germany
 (1945 - 1946)
Start Time
: 1945
End Time
: 1946
Party of Democratic Socialism
 ( - January 1990)
End Cause
:
Exclusion From a Political Party
End Time
: January 1990

Instance Of

Human

Date of Birth

1/26/1920

Image

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Occupation

Politician
Military Personnel
Resistance Fighter

Award Received

24 items
Order of the October Revolution
 (1976)
Point in Time
: 1976
Order of Karl Marx
 (1979)
Point in Time
: 1979
Banner of Labor
Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class
 (1970)
Point in Time
: 1970
Scharnhorst Order
Order of the Red Star
Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
Fritz Heckert Medal
Hero of Labour
Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
Military Order "For Services to the People and the Fatherland"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Order of the Red Banner
Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Medal "Brotherhood in Arms"
Medal Brotherhood in Arms
Medal of Merit of the National People's Army
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
 (1985)
Point in Time
: 1985
Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver
Patriotic Order of Merit (Honor Clasp)

Given Name

Heinz

Position Held

Member of the Volkskammer
 (1950 - 1990)
Start Time
: 1950
End Time
: 1990
Member of the Berlin City Council
 (11/26/1946 - 1/14/1949)
Start Time
: 11/26/1946
End Time
: 1/14/1949
Minister of National Defence
 (12/3/1985 - 11/18/1989)
Series Ordinal
:3
Replaces
:
Heinz Hoffmann
Replaced By
:
Theodor Hoffmann
Start Time
: 12/3/1985
End Time
: 11/18/1989

Member Of

National Committee for a Free Germany
 (1943 - )
Start Time
: 1943
Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
 (1950 - )
Start Time
: 1950
Ministers of the GDR
Free German Youth
 (1946 - )
Start Time
: 1946

Name in Native Language

Heinz Keßler

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

German

Convicted Of

Manslaughter
 (9/16/1993)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Mauerschützenprozesse
Unnamed
:bug: P2632
Penalty
:
Freiheitsstrafe
Point in Time
: 9/16/1993

Date of Death

5/2/2017

Place of Death

Berlin

Residence

Chemnitz
 (1923 - )
Start Time
: 1923
Lichtenberg

Educated At

Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR
 (December 1955 - 1956)
Start Time
: December 1955
End Time
: 1956

Place of Burial

Friedhof Baumschulenweg

Family Name

Q16871350

Start of Work Period

1938

End of Work Period

1989
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