page_title: Herbert Mies
hierarchical_section_title: Herbert Mies
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. ADN-ZB/Koard-26.2.1986 BRD: Besuch VK-Delegation Der Präsident der Volkskammer der DDR, Stellvertreter des Vorsitzenden des Staatsrates und Mitglied des Politbüros des ZK der SED, Horst Sindermann, hielt sich an der Spitze einer Delegation der Volkskammer der DDR vom 19. - 22.2.86 in der BRD auf. Er folgte damit einer Einladung des Vorsitzenden der Fraktion der SPD im Bundestag, Dr. Hans-Jochen Vogel, die anläßlich eines Besuches einer von Prof. Dr. Horst Ehmke geleiteten Delegation der SPD-Bundestagsfraktion bei der Volkskammer im März 1984 ausgesprochen worden war. UBz: Begegnung Horst Sindermanns (2.v.r.) mit dem Vorsitzenden der DKP, Herbert Mies (l.) in der Bonner Vertretung des DKP-Parteivorstandes (1.v.r. Hermann Gautier, stellvertretender Vorsitzender der DKP) am 21.1.
context_page_description: Herbert Mies was a German politician. He joined the Communist Party of Germany in 1945. Mies was elected chairman of the German Communist Party in 1973. He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1985/1986. Mies resigned from his position as party chairman in October 1989.
  Mies died on 14 January 2017 in his hometown of Mannheim at the age of 87.
context_section_description: Herbert Mies (23 February 1929 – 14 January 2017) was a German politician. He joined the Communist Party of Germany in 1945. Mies was elected chairman of the (West) German Communist Party in 1973. He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1985/1986. Mies resigned from his position as party chairman in October 1989.
  Mies died on 14 January 2017 in his hometown of Mannheim at the age of 87.
caption: Mies (left) receives a delegation from East Germany headed by Horst Sindermann in Bonn, 1986
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