Heinz Geggel

Heinz Geggel
Heinz Geggel
Head of the Agitation Department of the Central Committee
	In office; December 1973 – November 1989
Secretary	Werner Lamberz; Joachim Herrmann; Günter Schabowski;
Deputy	Günter Pötschke; Klaus Raddatz;
Preceded by	Hans Modrow
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Head of the West Department of the Central Committee
	In office; 1965 – December 1973
Secretary	Albert Norden;
Deputy	Dieter Kerschek;
Preceded by	Arne Rehan
Succeeded by	Herbert Häber
Personal details
Born	Heinz Geggel; 11 November 1921; Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died	15 November 2000 (aged 79); Berlin, Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1948–1989)
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of Germany; (1944–1948)
Alma mater	Party Academy Karl Marx;
Occupation	Journalist; Politician; Party Functionary;
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Banner of Labor; Kampforden „Für Verdienste um Volk und Vaterland“; Order of Karl Marx; Hero of Labour;
	Central institution membership 1971–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1963–1971: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1963–1965: Deputy Head, West Department of the Central Committee ;

Heinz Geggel (11 November 1921 – 15 November 2000) was a German Holocaust survivor, journalist and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Nicknamed 'Geggels' in reference to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, he served as the longtime head of the powerful Agitation Department at the Central Committee of the SED and de facto commanded East German press.

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