Werner Krolikowski

Werner Krolikowski
Werner Krolikowski (1985)
Born	12 March 1928 Oels, Province of Lower Silesia, Germany
Occupation	Politician
Political party	SED

Werner Krolikowski (born 12 March 1928 in Oels) was an East German political official who became a senior politician.

He was a member of the Central Committee of the ruling SED (party) politburo and a deputy chairman of the national Council of Ministers.

He also produced a number of political publications.

Werner Krolikowski was born into a working-class family. He trained for office work. By the time the war ended the frontier between Poland and Germany had moved west and Krolikowski, along with millions of other Germans, had also moved, the town of his birth now being part of Poland. In 1946 he joined the newly formed Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED / Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands) in the Soviet occupation zone of what was left of Germany.

He worked till 1950 for the council in the Malchin district, some 75 km (40 miles) south-east of , then from 1951 till 1952 for the regional party leadership at Mecklenburg. In 1952 he was appointed First secretary of the party district leadership at Ribnitz-Damgarten on the north coast. Then, in December 1952, he was relieved of his functions "on account of gross breach of party rules".

Nevertheless, between 1953 and 1958 he was second and then first secretary to the party district leadership at Greifswald, then till 1960 he was secretary for Agitation and Propaganda for the party district leadership in the region in succession to before, in 1973, moving to the other end of the country and taking a position as First Secretary of the Dresden district leadership, where his predecessor had been .