Wolfgang Rauchfuß

Wolfgang Rauchfuß
Wolfgang Rauchfuß
	Rauchfuß in 1981
Secretary for the Economy of the; Central Committee Secretariat of the Socialist Unity Party
	In office; 8 November 1989 – 3 December 1989
General Secretary	Egon Krenz;
Preceded by	Günter Mittag
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister for Materials Management
	In office; 14 February 1974 – 18 November 1989
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers	Horst Sindermann; Willi Stoph;
Preceded by	Manfred Flegel
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Leipzig-Südwest, Leipzig-West, Leipzig-Nord, Leipzig-Nordost; (Aue, Stollberg; 1967-1971)
	In office; 14 July 1967 – 5 April 1990
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Wolfgang Rauchfuß; 27 November 1931; Grüna, Free State of Saxony, Weimar Republic (now Chemnitz-Grüna, Germany)
Died	15 August 2005 (aged 73); Berlin, Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party (1951–1989)
Children	2
Alma mater	Fachschule für Außenhandel; Hochschule für Ökonomie Berlin
Occupation	Politician; Civil Servant; Sales Manager;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Banner of Labor;
	Central institution membership 1989: Full member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1967–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1965–1989: Deputy Chairman,; Council of Ministers ; 1961–1965: Deputy Minister,; Ministry for Foreign Trade ;

Wolfgang Rauchfuß (27 November 1931 in Grüna – 15 August 2005 in Berlin) was a member of the Politburo of East Germany's ruling SED (party). He was also a government minister and deputy chairman of the country's Ministerial Council.