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_Pechstein,_(Johannes%5E)_Stroux,_Kraus,_Benedik,_Lederer,_(cropped).jpg) Gysi in 1946 | |||||||||||||||||||
| State Secretary for Church Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office November 1979 – July 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Willi Stoph | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy |
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| Preceded by | Hans Seigewasser | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Kurt Löffler | ||||||||||||||||||
| East German Ambassador to Italy | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1973–1978 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Minister | Oskar Fischer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Eckhard Bibow (as envoy) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Hans Voß | ||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Culture | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 12 January 1966 – 31 January 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Hans Bentzien | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Hans-Joachim Hoffmann | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 3 March 1912 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 March 1999 (aged 87) Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Party of Democratic Socialism (1990–1999) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Socialist Unity Party (1946–1990) Communist Party of Germany (1931–1946) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 7, including Gregor Gysi | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Awards | Order of Karl Marx | ||||||||||||||||||
Klaus Gysi (3 March 1912 – 6 March 1999) was a German journalist, publisher, and politician who served as Minister of Culture from 1966 to 1973, and from 1979 to 1988, as the State Secretary for Church Affairs of the German Democratic Republic.
During his youth in the Weimar Republic, Gysi was heavily involved in the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), and later an active member of the German resistance against Nazi Germany. After World War II, he became a prominent politician in East Germany's Socialist Unity Party (SED) and was one of its longest-serving members until German reunification. His son is the German politician Gregor Gysi.