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Klaus Gysi was born on 3 March, 1912 in Neukölln, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Germany), is an A socialist unity party of Germany politicians. Discover Klaus Gysi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

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Occupation Politician · Journalist
Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 3 March 1912
Birthday 3 March
Birthplace Neukölln, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Germany)
Date of death 1999
Died Place Berlin, Germany
Nationality Berlin

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Children 7, including Gregor Gysi

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1912

Klaus Gysi (3 March 1912 – 6 March 1999) was a journalist and publisher and a member of the French Resistance against the Nazis.

His first wife, Irene (née Lessing) (1912–2007) was the sister of Gottfried Lessing, and sister-in-law of Doris Lessing.

1928

He attended grade school and Gymnasium in Neukölln and in 1928, joined the Young Communist League of Germany, the Workers International Relief and the Sozialistischer Schülerbund.

1931

He received his Abitur from the Odenwaldschule in Darmstadt in 1931, and that same year, joined the Communist Party (KPD).

From 1931 to 1935, he studied social economics in Frankfurt am Main, the Sorbonne in Paris, and in Berlin.

He became active in the left-wing students' movement in 1931 and in 1935; he was expelled from Humboldt University of Berlin.

1936

He went to Cambridge, England in 1936 and later, to Paris, France, where in 1939, he became one of the student leaders of the Communist Party there.

1939

He was then detained in France from 1939 to 1940, afterward returning to Germany on order of the KPD, accompanied by his wife, Irene.

In Berlin, Gysi worked at the publisher Hoppenstedt & Co. and was involved in underground political activities against the Third Reich.

After the war, Gysi joined the SED.

1945

From 1945 to 1948, he was the editor-in-chief of the monthly Aufbau: Kulturpolitische Monatsschrift.

From 1945 to 1977, he was a member of the presidium council, the federal secretary and lastly, a member of the presidium of the Cultural Association of the GDR.

1946

Their daughter, Gabriele Gysi (*1946), is an actress.

1948

Their son Gregor (*1948), a lawyer, was head of the Party of Democratic Socialism from 1989 to 1993 and is today one of the most prominent politicians in Germany's Left Party.

1949

From 1949 to 1954, he was a representative in the GDR's parliament, the People's Chamber.

1952

From 1952 to 1957, he worked at the publishing house Verlag Volk und Wissen, afterward succeeding Walter Janka as head of Aufbau-Verlag, working there until 1966.

1958

They divorced in 1958.

1963

In 1963, Gysi became a member of the West Commission of the Politburo of the SED's Central Committee.

1966

After World War II, he became a politician in the German Democratic Republic, serving in the government as Minister of Culture from 1966 to 1973, and from 1979 to 1988, as the State Secretary for Church Affairs.

He was a member of the Socialist Unity Party (SED) and after German Reunification, the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).

His son is the German politician Gregor Gysi.

Gysi was born in Neukölln, a borough of Berlin, Germany.

His father was a doctor and his mother a bookkeeper.

From January 1966 to 1973, he was the Minister for Culture, a member of the Council of Ministers of East Germany and the Culture Commission of the Central Committee's Politburo.

1967

From 1967 to March 1990, he again served as a representative in the People's Chamber.

1969

In 1969, Gysi was awarded the Banner of Labor; in 1970, he received the Memorial Medal of the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit and the Lenin Memorial Medal.

1972

In 1972, he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit; in 1977, the Order of Karl Marx; and in 1982, he received the honor clasp of the Patriotic Order of Merit.

1973

From 1973 to 1978, Gysi was ambassador to Italy, Vatican City and Malta.

1978

From December 1978 to 1979, he was the General Secretary of the GDR's Committee for European Security and Cooperation, which prepared for GDR's participation in the Helsinki Accords.

1979

In November 1979 Gysi succeeded Hans Seigewasser as the State Secretary for Church Affairs, remaining in this position until his retirement in 1988.

1985

She moved to the former West Germany in 1985.

1987

In 1987, he was awarded the Star of People's Friendship and received an honorary degree from the University of Jena.

1990

After the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Gysi became a member of the PDS in 1990.

Gysi was married three times and had seven children.