Günter Sieber

Günter Sieber (11 March 1930 – 26 November 2006) was an East German politician, diplomat and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Starting off as an official in the State Planning Commission, during his forty-year-long career in East Germany, Sieber served as Trade and Supply Minister, ambassador to the Polish People's Republic and as the head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee of the SED, where he, among other things, coordinated East Germany's response to martial law in Poland and expanded the SED's involvement in Africa. During the Peaceful Revolution, he was also briefly part of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED as a candidate member, and as the last Secretary of the Central Committee responsible for foreign affairs. Provided by Wikipedia