Günter Sieber

Günter Sieber
Günter Sieber
	Sieber (right) with SWAPO president Sam Nujoma in 1989
Secretary for International Politics and Economics of the Central Committee Secretariat
	In office; 8 November 1989 – 3 December 1989
General Secretary	Egon Krenz;
Preceded by	Hermann Axen
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee
	In office; 7 July 1980 – 8 November 1989
Secretary	Hermann Axen;
Deputy	Bruno Mahlow;
Preceded by	Egon Winkelmann
Succeeded by	Bruno Mahlow
Minister for Trade and Supply
	In office; 25 March 1965 – 22 November 1972
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers	Willi Stoph;
Preceded by	Gerhard Lucht
Succeeded by	Gerhard Briksa
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Burg, Schönebeck, Staßfurt, Zerbst
	In office; 25 June 1981 – 5 April 1990
Preceded by	Leonhard Helmschrott
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Günter Sieber; 11 March 1930; Ilmenau, Free State of Thuringia, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died	26 November 2006 (aged 76); Strausberg, Brandenburg, Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1948–1989)
Alma mater	Deutsche Verwaltungsakademie; "Karl Marx" Party Academy; Zentralinstitut für sozialistische Wirtschaftsführung beim ZK der SED;
Occupation	Politician; Party Functionary; Diplomat; Civil Servant;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Banner of Labor;
	Central institution membership 1989: Candidate member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1981–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1976–1981: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; 1963–1967: Full member,; Central Auditing Commission ; Other offices held 1963–1965: First Deputy Chairman,; Workers' and Peasants' Inspection ;

Günter Sieber (11 March 1930 – 26 November 2006) was an East German politician, diplomat and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

During his forty-year-long career in East Germany, Sieber served as Trade and Supply Minister, ambassador to the Polish People's Republic and, most notably, as the longtime head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee of the SED.

During the Peaceful Revolution, he was also briefly part of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED as a candidate member.