Fritz Müller (politician)

Fritz Müller

Head of the Cadre Affairs Department of the Central Committee
In office May 1960 – 28 November 1989
Secretary	Alfred Neumann Erich Honecker
Deputy	Horst Wagner Heinz Wieland
Preceded by	Heinz Wieland
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Head of the Planning and Finance Department of the Central Committee
In office June 1955 – May 1960
Secretary	Gerhart Ziller Erich Apel
Preceded by	Helmut Sandig
Succeeded by	Gerhard Schürer

Personal details
Born	Fritz Müller (1920-12-03)3 December 1920 Forst (Lausitz), Province of Brandenburg, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Brandenburg, Germany)
Died	15 April 2001(2001-04-15) (aged 80)
Political party	SED-PDS (1989–1990)
Other political affiliations	Socialist Unity Party (1947–1989) Nazi Party (1939–1945)
Occupation	Politician Party Functionary
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class Banner of Labor Order of Karl Marx
Central institution membership 1967–1989: Full member, Central Committee 1963–1967: Candidate member, Central Committee Other offices held 1979–1989: First Secretary, Central Leadership of the SED party organization in the Central Committee apparatus

Fritz Müller (3 December 1920 – 15 April 2001) was an official of East Germany's ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED / Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands). He headed up the Central Committee's important Cadre Affairs Department between 1960 and 1989.