Bruno Kiesler

Bruno Kiesler
Kiesler in 1951
Head of the Agriculture Department of the Central Committee
In office 8 April 1959 – 11 November 1981
Secretary	Erich Mückenberger Gerhard Grüneberg Werner Felfe
Deputy	Heinz Besser Wolfgang Mühlstädt Christoph Ostmann
Preceded by	Karl Götz
Succeeded by	Bruno Lietz
Volkskammer Member of the Volkskammer In office 26 November 1971 – 16 June 1986 Preceded by Hermann Matern Succeeded by Werner Heilemann Constituency Burg, Schönebeck, Staßfurt, Zerbst In office 8 November 1950 – 26 November 1971 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Heinz Ziegner Constituency Hagenow, Ludwigslust, Perleberg
Personal details
Born	Bruno Kiesler (1925-12-22)22 December 1925 Stallupönen, East Prussia, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Nesterov, Russia)
Died	10 June 2011(2011-06-10) (aged 85) Berlin, Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party (1946–1989)
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Germany (1946)
Alma mater	Landesparteischule Ballenstedt Deutsche Akademie für Staats- und Rechtswissenschaft „Walter Ulbricht“ Institut für Agrarökonomie (Dipl. agr. oec.)
Occupation	Politician Party Functionary Farmer
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class Banner of Labor Hero of Labour
Central institution membership 1971–1986: Full member, Central Committee 1967–1971: Candidate member, Central Committee Other offices held 1982–1990: Secretary, League for Peoples' Friendship of the GDR 1956–1957: Acting Chairman, Council of Bezirk Magdeburg 1953–1959: Deputy Chairman for Agriculture, Council of Bezirk Magdeburg

Bruno Kiesler (22 December 1925 – 10 June 2011) was a German farmer, politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Kiesler rose to prominence after being hailed as a Stakhanovite activist in East German agriculture.

He held held various positions in the GDR's agricultural sector, ultimately serving as head of the powerful SED Central Committee Agriculture Department for over twenty years before being pushed out in late 1981 for disagreeing with the SED's economic policies.