This project has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
(Grant Agreement n. 669194)
(Zwönitz, 1930)
Head of "Department FRG" - Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1970-1990)As head of the “Department FRG” at the East German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Karl Seidel was among the most knowledgeable and most important diplomats regarding political relations to West Germany. However, despite a direct channel to Erich Honecker had hardly had any real influence on policymaking and non when it came to economic decision-making.
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Appointed Foreign Minister soon after the diplomatic recognition by the West, Oskar Fischer became one of the main East German representatives abroad. While throughout the 1970s the heads of government and state, Willi Stoph and Erich Honecker... |
