Werner Teske place of birth Berlin
Early life and career
Werner Teske was born on 24 April 1942 in Berlin, and went to school from 1948 to 1960 in Berlin-Lichtenberg, graduating with the Abitur. During this time, he also played handball for an East German junior team. He studied economics at Humboldt University of Berlin from 1960 to 1964 and graduated with a degree in financial economics. A staunch communist, he entered the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1966 and became an unofficial collaborator (IM) of the Stasi in 1967. In 1969, he obtained his doctorate in economics, and started working full-time for the Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung, the foreign intelligence arm of the Stasi.Teske was part of the East German delegation that accompanied the East Germany national football team to the 1974 FIFA World Cup, which was held in West Germany. He was promoted to Hauptmann in 1975 and sent abroad again to the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.Teske was married to Sabine Teske. They had one daughter.
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