Harry Tisch

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Harry Tisch
Tisch in 1983
Chairman of the
Free German Trade Union Federation
In office
26 April 1975 – 2 November 1989
Deputy
  • Wolfgang Beyreuther
  • Johanna Töpfer
Preceded byHerbert Warnke
Succeeded byAnnelis Kimmel
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
in Bezirk Rostock
In office
1962–1975
Second Secretary
  • Ernst Timm
  • Heinz Lange
Preceded byKarl Mewis
Succeeded byErnst Timm
Personal details
Born(1927-03-28)28 March 1927
Heinrichswalde, Province of Pomerania, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)
Died18 June 1995(1995-06-18) (aged 68)
Berlin, Germany
Political partySocialist Unity Party
(1946–1989)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of Germany (1945–1946)
Alma materParty Academy Karl Marx
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Civil Servant
  • Union Official
  • Locksmith
Awards
Central institution membership

Other offices held

Harry Tisch (March 28, 1927,

East German politician and trade unionist who served as Chairman of the Free German Trade Union Federation between 1975 and 1989. He was also a member of the State Council
from 1976 until he was forced to resign in November 1989.

He was a recipient of the Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold in 1969 and the Order of Karl Marx in 1977.

After German reunification Tisch was not tried in court[clarification needed] due to his declining health. He died of heart failure in 1995. Harry Tisch was a fan of the German football club FC Hansa Rostock.