Hans-Joachim Hoffmann

Hans-Joachim Hoffmann
Hoffmann in 1974
Minister of Culture
In office 17 January 1973 – 18 November 1989
Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Willi Stoph Horst Sindermann Willi Stoph
First Deputy	Kurt Löffler Dietmar Keller
Preceded by	Klaus Gysi
Succeeded by	Dietmar Keller
Head of the Culture Department of the Central Committee
In office 2 November 1971 – 16 January 1973
Secretary	Kurt Hager
Deputy	Kurt Löffler
Preceded by	Arno Hochmuth
Succeeded by	Peter Heldt
Volkskammer Member of the Volkskammer for Dresden-Nord, Dresden-Ost In office 29 October 1976 – 5 April 1990 Preceded by Hans Wiesner Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Hans-Joachim Hoffmann (1929-10-10)10 October 1929 Bunzlau, Province of Lower Silesia, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Bolesławiec, Poland)
Died	19 July 1994(1994-07-19) (aged 64) Berlin, Germany
Cause of death	Heart attack
Political party	Socialist Unity Party (1946–1989)
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Germany (1945–1946)
Alma mater	"Karl Marx" Party Academy (Dipl.-Ges.-Wiss.)
Occupation	Politician Party Functionary Electrician
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit
Central institution membership 1976–1989: Full member, Central Committee Other offices held 1970–1971: Second Secretary, Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Leipzig 1969–1970: Secretary for Science, Education and Culture, Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Leipzig 1966–1969: Secretary for Agitation and Propaganda, Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Leipzig 1960–1962: First Secretary, Socialist Unity Party in Eilenburg district

Hans-Joachim "Jochen"^[1][2][3] Hoffmann (10 October 1929 – 19 July 1994) was a German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Hoffmann rose to become an influential culture policymaker during Erich Honecker's rule over East Germany, briefly serving as head of the SED Central Committee Culture Department and later minister of culture before having to step down during the Peaceful Revolution.

Described as "Artists' advocate", Hoffmann was considered a liberal figure.