Joachim Herrmann (politician, born 1928)

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Joachim Herrmann
Herrmann in 1988
Editor-in-chief of Neues Deutschland
In office 7 July 1971 – 15 March 1978
Deputy	Hajo Herbell Harri Czepuck Sander Drobela Günter Kertzscher Günter Schabowski
Preceded by	Rudolf Singer
Succeeded by	Günter Schabowski
State Secretary for West German Affairs[a]
In office January 1966 – July 1971
Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Willi Stoph
Deputy	Arne Rehahn Herbert Häber
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Editor-in-chief of Berliner Zeitung
In office February 1962 – December 1965
Preceded by	Theo Grandy
Succeeded by	Rolf Lehnert
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Volkskammer for Berlin-Mitte, Berlin-Friedrichshain (Bitterfeld, Gräfenhainichen, Wittenberg; 1976-1981) In office 29 October 1976 – 16 November 1989 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Petra Flemming
Central Committee Secretariat responsibilities[1]
1979–1989	Friendly Parties
1978–1989	Agitation
1978–1989	Propaganda
1978–1983	"Karl Marx" Party Academy
Personal details
Born	(1928-10-29)29 October 1928 Berlin, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died	30 July 1992(1992-07-30) (aged 63) Berlin, Germany
Political party	SED-PDS (1989–1990)
Other political affiliations	Socialist Unity Party (1948–1989)
Occupation	Politician Party Functionary Journalist
Awards	Banner of Labor Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class Order of Karl Marx
Central institution membership 1978–1989: Full member, Politburo of the Central Committee 1973–1978: Candidate member, Politburo of the Central Committee 1971–1989: Full member, Central Committee 1967–1971: Candidate member, Central Committee Other offices held 1978–1989: Head, Agitation Commission at the Politburo 1958–1960; 1963–1989: Member, Agitation Commission at the Politburo 1960–1972: Member, West Commission at the Politburo

Joachim "Achim"^[2] Herrmann (29 October 1928 – 30 July 1992) was a journalist and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Herrmann initially had a career as journalist for the SED's various party newspapers, first for the Berliner Zeitung, then, after a stint as State Secretary for West German Affairs, for the SED Zentralorgan Neues Deutschland.

From the late 1970s, he was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED and the powerful SED Agitation Secretary, de facto commanding East German press. Herrmann was a part of Erich Honecker's inner circle, closely working with him to align the news to the party's and Honecker's personal liking.

Herrmann was one of the first high-ranking SED functionaries to be deposed during the Peaceful Revolution, being removed from the Politburo alongside Honecker in October and expelled from the Central Committee in November 1989. He died not long after in reunified Germany.

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