Oskar Fischer (politician)

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Oskar Fischer
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic
In office
3 March 1975 – 12 April 1990
Prime Minister
Preceded byOtto Winzer
Succeeded byMarkus Meckel
Personal details
Born(1923-03-19)19 March 1923
Aš, Czechoslovak Republic
Died2 April 2020(2020-04-02) (aged 97)
Berlin, Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partySocialist Unity Party of Germany

Oskar Fischer (19 March 1923 – 2 April 2020) was a German politician of the ruling

German Democratic Republic
from 1975 to 1990. He previously worked in the secretariat of the central committee of the communist party, and became a member of the SED central committee in 1971.

Early life

Fischer was born in 1923.[1] He joined the German army and fought in World War II as a soldier.[1] He was arrested and detained by the Soviets for two years in 1944.[1]

Career

Following his release Fischer joined the communist youth organization Free German Youth in East Germany and studied social sciences in Moscow.[2][3] He served as East Germany's ambassador to Bulgaria for four years between 1955 and 1959.[2][4] He was deputy minister of foreign affairs from 1965 to 1975.[4][5] He was named as a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party in 1971.[4][6] He was appointed as minister of foreign affairs on 3 March 1975.[7] Fischer replaced Otto Winzer in the post, who had been removed from office due to ill health.[6]

Fischer was the first member of the East German cabinet to visit

Vatican in 1978.[8] In September 1980 he signed a treaty of cooperation with the Palestine Liberation Organization in East Berlin.[9] Fischer also officially visited a number of European states, including Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands.[10] Fischer's tenure lasted until 12 April 1990,[11] and he was succeeded by Markus Meckel in the post.[3]

Later years and death

Following the

fall of communism, Fischer led a private life from 1990 and declined all interview requests. In 2000, Fischer briefly served as one of several informal advisors to Gabi Zimmer.[12] He published a book about the East German foreign policy in 2007.[13]

He died in Berlin on 2 April 2020, aged 97.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wolfgang Hübner (3 April 2020). "Ein stiller Diplomat". nd-aktuell (in German). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Langjähriger DDR-Aussenminister Oskar Fischer gestorben". SWI (in German). 3 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Ehemaliger Aussenminister Oskar Fischer stirbt mit 97". SRF (in German). 3 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Oskar Fischer". Der Spiegel. 27 January 1975. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Treaty between the Polish People's Republic and the German Democratic Republic concerning the delimitation of the continental shelf in the Baltic Sea" (PDF). UN. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  6. ^ a b "E. German Post Goes to Fischer". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Berlin. NYT. 21 January 1975. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Die Tätigkeit der "Gruppe Ulbricht" in Berlin von April bis Juni 1945" German Federal Archives. Retrieved 4 September 2012 (in German)
  8. ^ "Pope meets East German, Names Aide". The Milwaukee Journal. The Vatican City. 29 January 1979. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
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  10. ISBN 978-0-275-96122-0
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  11. ISBN 978-3-86153-064-0
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  12. ^ "Zimmers Altkader". Der Spiegel. 2 July 2001. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  13. ^ a b "Langjähriger DDR-Außenminister Fischer ist tot". T-Online (in German). 3 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  14. ^ Langjähriger DDR-Außenminister Oskar Fischer gestorbenArchived 3 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine(in German)

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