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{{Short description|East German finance minister}}
{{Short description|East German finance minister (1928–1980)}}
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| office = Minister of Finance and Prize
| office = [[Council of Ministers of East Germany|Minister of Finance of the German Democratic Republic]]
| primeminister = [[Willi Stoph]] <br> [[Horst Sindermann]] <br> Willi Stoph
| primeminister = {{ubl|[[Willi Stoph]] |[[Horst Sindermann]] | Willi Stoph}}
| predecessor = [[Willy Rumpf]]
| predecessor = [[Willy Rumpf]]
| successor = Werner Schmieder
| successor = [[Werner Schmieder]]
| term_start = 12 December 1966
| term_start = 12 December 1966
| term_end = 5 May 1980
| term_end = 5 May 1980
| birth_date = 20 August 1928
| birth_date = 20 August 1928
| birth_place = [[Plauen]]
| birth_place = [[Plauen]], [[Weimar Republic]]
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| party = [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]
| party = [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] (1948-)
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'''Siegfried Böhm''' (20 August 1928–4 May 1980) was an East German politician and long-term finance minister of [[East Germany]]. He was in office for nearly fourteen years between 1966 and 1980.
'''Siegfried Böhm''' (20 August 1928 – 4 May 1980) was an East German politician and long-term finance minister of [[East Germany]]. He was in office for nearly fourteen years between 1966 and 1980.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Böhm was born in [[Plauen]] on 20 August 1928.<ref name=eui>{{cite web|title=Siegfried Böhm|url=https://paneur1970s-map.eui.eu/people/556
Böhm was born in [[Plauen]] on 20 August 1928.<ref name=eui>{{cite web|title=Siegfried Böhm|url=https://paneur1970s-map.eui.eu/people/556|publisher=European University Institute|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> In 1966 he was appointed the finance minister and his term lasted until 1980.<ref name=eui/> He was among the central committee members of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]].<ref name=lro>{{cite news|title=Rätsel um Tod eines DDR-Ministers |url=https://www.lr-online.de/nachrichten/raetsel-um-tod-eines-ddr-ministers-33757500.html|access-date=20 July 2021 |work=LR Online|date=26 November 2003|language=German}}</ref> He was also a member of the Working Group Balance of Payments from 1974 to 1980.<ref name=eui/> Böhm was one of the first officials who alerted the East German authorities about the negative consequences of the indebtedness to the Western countries.<ref name=eui/><ref>{{cite book|author1=Angela Romano|author2=Federico Romero|title=European Socialist Regimes' Fateful Engagement with the West: National Strategies in the Long 1970s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35r6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT122|date=14 September 2020|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-00-021035-4|page=122}}</ref> He also criticised the illegal currency and gold transactions carried out in the country.<ref name=abz>{{cite news|author=Andreas Förster |title=Bundesanwaltschaft ermittelt im Fall Siegfried Böhm / SED-Politiker war 1980 erschossen worden: DDR-Killerkommando soll Minister getötet haben|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/bundesanwaltschaft-ermittelt-im-fall-siegfried-boehm-sed-politiker-war-1980-erschossen-worden-ddr-killerkommando-soll-minister-getoetet-haben-li.63721 |access-date=20 July 2021|work=Berliner Zeitung|date=27 September 2003|location=Berlin|language=German}}</ref>
|publisher=European University Institute|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> He received a degree in economics.<ref name=urs71>{{cite book
|author=Ursula Hoffmann-Lange|title=Die Veränderungen in der Sozialstruktur des Ministerrates der DDR: 1949-1969|year=1971|publisher=Droste Verlag|location=Düsseldorf|isbn=978-3-7700-0281-8|pages=54,60|url=https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/entities/publication/40b6f7f6-d08b-4fbc-9b9f-7dddc739aadf/details|language=de}}</ref>


Böhm was appointed the finance minister in December 1966, succeeding [[Willy Rumpf]] in the post.<ref name=urs71/> Böhm's term lasted until 1980.<ref name=eui/> He was among the central committee members of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]].<ref name=lro>{{cite news
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Böhm died at his home in [[Berlin-Karlshorst]] on 4 May 1980.<ref name=eui/><ref>{{cite news|title=Questions over death squad|url=https://www.news24.com/news24/questions-over-death-squad-20030929|access-date=20 July 2021|work=news24|date=29 September 2003|location=Berlin}}</ref> The East German officials reported on the next day that his wife shot him during a quarrel and then she committed suicide.<ref name=lro/><ref name=smh03>{{cite news|title=East German leaders' hit squad revealed|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/east-german-leaders-hit-squad-revealed-20030929-gdhhbc.html|access-date=20 July 2021|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|agency=Deutsche Presse-Agentur|date=29 September 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227013723/https://www.smh.com.au/world/east-german-leaders-hit-squad-revealed-20030929-gdhhbc.html|archive-date=21 February 2021}}</ref> In 2003 it was revealed as a result of the investigations that Böhm was in fact killed by an East German hit squad due to his potential reports about the bankruptcy faced in East Germany.<ref name=smh03/> His wife was also murdered by the squad to fabricate the official story of his death.<ref name=smh03/>
|title=Rätsel um Tod eines DDR-Ministers|url=https://www.lr-online.de/nachrichten/raetsel-um-tod-eines-ddr-ministers-33757500.html|access-date=20 July 2021|work=LR Online|date=26 November 2003|language=de}}</ref> He was also a member of the Working Group Balance of Payments from 1974 to 1980.<ref name=eui/> Böhm was one of the first officials who alerted the East German authorities about the negative consequences of the indebtedness to the Western countries.<ref name=eui/><ref>{{cite book|editor1=Angela Romano|editor2=Federico Romero|title=European Socialist Regimes' Fateful Engagement with the West: National Strategies in the Long 1970s|publisher=Taylor & Francis|author=Maximilian Graf|year=2020
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35r6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT122|isbn=978-1-00-021035-4|page=122|chapter=Drifting Westward? East Germany and Integrated Europe|location=London; New York}}</ref> He also criticized the illegal currency and gold transactions carried out in the country.<ref>{{cite news|author=Andreas Förster|title=Bundesanwaltschaft ermittelt im Fall Siegfried Böhm / SED-Politiker war 1980 erschossen worden: DDR-Killerkommando soll Minister getötet haben|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/bundesanwaltschaft-ermittelt-im-fall-siegfried-boehm-sed-politiker-war-1980-erschossen-worden-ddr-killerkommando-soll-minister-getoetet-haben-li.63721|access-date=20 July 2021|work=[[Berliner Zeitung]]
|date=27 September 2003|location=Berlin|language=de}}</ref>


Böhm died at his home in [[Berlin-Karlshorst]] on 4 May 1980.<ref name=eui/><ref>{{cite news|title=Questions over death squad|location=Berlin|
Böhm was succeeded by Werner Schmieder as finance minister on 22 May 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title=Was War am 22. Mai 1980|url=https://chroniknet.de/extra/was-war-am/?ereignisdatum=22.5.1980|publisher=Chroniknet|access-date=20 July 2021|language=German}}</ref>
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url=https://www.news24.com/news24/questions-over-death-squad-20030929|access-date=20 July 2021|work=news24|date=29 September 2003}}</ref> The East German officials reported on the next day that his wife shot him during a quarrel and then she committed suicide.<ref name=lro/><ref name=smh03>{{cite news|title=East German leaders' hit squad revealed|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/east-german-leaders-hit-squad-revealed-20030929-gdhhbc.html|access-date=20 July 2021|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|agency=[[Deutsche Presse-Agentur]]|date=29 September 2003
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227013723/https://www.smh.com.au/world/east-german-leaders-hit-squad-revealed-20030929-gdhhbc.html
|archive-date=27 February 2021}}</ref> The official paper ''[[Neues Deutschland]]'' argued that Böhm and his wife died in an accident without giving any further details about the incident.<ref name=nytjune80>{{cite news|title=East Germans Hush Up Killing of Official and Wife|access-date=18 July 2023|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/423949775|date=5 June 1980|page=A9|id={{ProQuest|423949775}}
}}</ref> One week later their children issued an obituary in a state-controlled paper.<ref name=nytjune80/>

Böhm was buried in a state ceremony.<ref name=nytjune80/> He was succeeded by [[Werner Schmieder]] as finance minister in June 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title=Was War am 22. Mai 1980|publisher=Chroniknet|url=https://chroniknet.de/extra/was-war-am/?ereignisdatum=22.5.1980|access-date=20 July 2021|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Peter Joachim Lapp|title=Der Ministerrat der DDR: Aufgaben, Arbeitsweise und Struktur der anderen deutschen Regierung|publisher=VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften|year=2013|isbn=978-3-322-88734-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QCWfBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA137|language=de|page=137|location=Opladen}}</ref>

It was revealed in 2003 as a result of the investigations that Böhm was in fact killed by an East German hit squad due to his potential reports about the bankruptcy faced in East Germany.<ref name=smh03/> His wife was also murdered by the squad to fabricate the official story of his death.<ref name=smh03/>


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Latest revision as of 21:19, 22 April 2024

Siegfried Böhm
Minister of Finance of the German Democratic Republic
In office
12 December 1966 – 5 May 1980
Prime Minister
Preceded byWilly Rumpf
Succeeded byWerner Schmieder
Personal details
Born20 August 1928
Plauen, Weimar Republic
Died4 May 1980(1980-05-04) (aged 51)
Berlin-Karlshorst, German Democratic Republic
NationalityGerman
Political partySocialist Unity Party of Germany (1948-)

Siegfried Böhm (20 August 1928 – 4 May 1980) was an East German politician and long-term finance minister of East Germany. He was in office for nearly fourteen years between 1966 and 1980.

Biography

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Böhm was born in Plauen on 20 August 1928.[1] He received a degree in economics.[2]

Böhm was appointed the finance minister in December 1966, succeeding Willy Rumpf in the post.[2] Böhm's term lasted until 1980.[1] He was among the central committee members of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.[3] He was also a member of the Working Group Balance of Payments from 1974 to 1980.[1] Böhm was one of the first officials who alerted the East German authorities about the negative consequences of the indebtedness to the Western countries.[1][4] He also criticized the illegal currency and gold transactions carried out in the country.[5]

Böhm died at his home in Berlin-Karlshorst on 4 May 1980.[1][6] The East German officials reported on the next day that his wife shot him during a quarrel and then she committed suicide.[3][7] The official paper Neues Deutschland argued that Böhm and his wife died in an accident without giving any further details about the incident.[8] One week later their children issued an obituary in a state-controlled paper.[8]

Böhm was buried in a state ceremony.[8] He was succeeded by Werner Schmieder as finance minister in June 1980.[9][10]

It was revealed in 2003 as a result of the investigations that Böhm was in fact killed by an East German hit squad due to his potential reports about the bankruptcy faced in East Germany.[7] His wife was also murdered by the squad to fabricate the official story of his death.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Siegfried Böhm". European University Institute. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b Ursula Hoffmann-Lange (1971). Die Veränderungen in der Sozialstruktur des Ministerrates der DDR: 1949-1969 (in German). Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag. pp. 54, 60. ISBN 978-3-7700-0281-8.
  3. ^ a b "Rätsel um Tod eines DDR-Ministers". LR Online (in German). 26 November 2003. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ Maximilian Graf (2020). "Drifting Westward? East Germany and Integrated Europe". In Angela Romano; Federico Romero (eds.). European Socialist Regimes' Fateful Engagement with the West: National Strategies in the Long 1970s. London; New York: Taylor & Francis. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-00-021035-4.
  5. ^ Andreas Förster (27 September 2003). "Bundesanwaltschaft ermittelt im Fall Siegfried Böhm / SED-Politiker war 1980 erschossen worden: DDR-Killerkommando soll Minister getötet haben". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Questions over death squad". news24. Berlin. 29 September 2003. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "East German leaders' hit squad revealed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 29 September 2003. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "East Germans Hush Up Killing of Official and Wife". The New York Times. 5 June 1980. p. A9. ProQuest 423949775. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Was War am 22. Mai 1980" (in German). Chroniknet. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  10. ^ Peter Joachim Lapp (2013). Der Ministerrat der DDR: Aufgaben, Arbeitsweise und Struktur der anderen deutschen Regierung (in German). Opladen: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. p. 137. ISBN 978-3-322-88734-4.
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1966–1980 		Succeeded by
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