Klaus Gysi
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- Gysi, Klaus
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1912-03-03
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Date of death
- 1999-03-06
- Place of death
- Berlin
Wikipedia
Klaus Gysi (3 March 1912 – 6 March 1999) was a German journalist, publisher, and politician who served as Minister of Culture from 1966 to 1973, and from 1979 to 1988, as the State Secretary for Church Affairs of the German Democratic Republic.
In his functions, he was jointly responsible for monitoring and influencing cultural and church activities in the GDR, in close cooperation with the Stasi and censorship editors.
During his youth in the Weimar Republic, Gysi was heavily involved in the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), and later an active member of the German resistance against Nazi Germany. After World War II, he became a prominent politician in East Germany's Socialist Unity Party (SED) and was one of its longest-serving members until German reunification. His son is the German politician Gregor Gysi.
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- Klaus Gysi is the parent of Gregor Gysi
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- 2025-09-22