Harry Tisch

East German politician and trade unionist (1927–1995)

Wolfgang Beyreuther
Johanna Töpfer

Preceded byHerbert WarnkeSucceeded byAnnelis KimmelFirst Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
in Bezirk RostockIn office
21 July 1961 – 29 April 1975Second Secretary

Ernst Timm
Heinz Lange

Preceded byKarl MewisSucceeded byErnst Timm Personal detailsBorn(1927-03-28)28 March 1927
Heinrichswalde, Province of Pomerania, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)Died18 June 1995(1995-06-18) (aged 68)
Berlin, GermanyPolitical partySocialist Unity Party
(1946–1989)Other political
affiliationsCommunist Party of Germany (1945–1946)Alma materParty Academy Karl MarxOccupation

Politician
Civil Servant
Union Official
Locksmith

Awards

Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class
Order of Karl Marx

Central institution membership

1975–1989: Full member,
Politburo of the Central Committee
1971–1975: Candidate member,
Politburo of the Central Committee
1963–1989: Full member,
Central Committee

Other offices held

1975–1989: Member, State Council
1963–1989: Member, Volkskammer
1959–1961: Chairman,
Bezirk Rostock Council
1955–1959: Secretary for the Economy, Socialist Unity Party in Bezirk Rostock
1950–1952: Member,
Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Harry Tisch (March 28, 1927, Heinrichswalde – June 18, 1995) was an East German politician and trade unionist who served as Chairman of the Free German Trade Union Federation between 1975 and 1989. He was also a member of the State Council from 1976 until he was forced to resign in November 1989.

He was a recipient of the Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold in 1969 and the Order of Karl Marx in 1977.

After German reunification Tisch was not tried in court^{[clarification needed]} due to his declining health. He died of heart failure in 1995. Harry Tisch was a fan of the German football club FC Hansa Rostock.