Erich Mielke

Erich Mielke
Erich Mielke
	Mielke in 1976 age 69
Minister for State Security; East Germany
	In office; 11 December 1957 – 18 November 1989
President	Wilhelm Pieck (1957–1960); Walter Ulbricht (1960–1973); Friedrich Ebert (1973); Willi Stoph (1973–1976); Erich Honecker (1976–1989)
Prime Minister	Otto Grotewohl (1957–1964); Willi Stoph (1964–1973); Horst Sindermann (1973–1976); Willi Stoph (1976–1989); Hans Modrow (1989)
Lieutenant	Walter Ulbricht (1957–1971); Erich Honecker (1971–1989)
Preceded by	Ernst Wollweber
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Schwanitz
Personal details
Born	Erich Fritz Emil Mielke; 28 December 1907; Wedding, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, German Empire
Died	21 May 2000 (aged 92); Berlin, Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party of Germany
Spouse(s)	Gertrud Mueller
Children	Frank; Ingrid
Occupation	Communist official, Stasi leader, Executioner, and Chairman of SV Dynamo
Military service
Allegiance	Template:East Germany
Branch/service	National People's Army
Rank	Armeegeneral
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), World War II (1939-1945) (as a Nazi)
Criminal status	Paroled in 1995 due to poor health
Conviction(s)	Double homicide, attempted murder
Criminal penalty	6 years imprisonment

Erich Fritz Emil Mielke (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈmiːlkə]; 28 December 1907 ; Wedding, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Imperial Germany – 21 May 2000 ; Berlin, Germany) was a East German communist. He was head of the East German Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatsicherheit – MfS), better known as the Stasi, from 1957 appointed by Walter Ulbricht who was leader from 1950-1971 until shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 lead by Erich Honecker .

Mielke died on 21 May 2000 at a nursing home in Berlin at the age of 92 just almost 11 year’s after the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 .^[1]

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