Herbert Kroker

Herbert Kroker (24 August 1929 – 14 April 2022) was an East German combine director, politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Originally a trade union functionary, Kroker later served as director of several state-owned enterprises, culminating in his 1970 appointment to lead the large industrial combine ''VEB Kombinat Umformtechnik "Herbert Warnke" Erfurt''. He was replaced and demoted in 1983 due to disagreements with the SED's leadership.

During the Peaceful Revolution, he rose to become the last first secretary of the Bezirk Erfurt SED and, briefly in December 1989, led the SED itself during its restructuring. Provided by Wikipedia