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Herbert Mies (23 February 1929 – 14 January 2017) was a German politician. He joined the Communist Party of Germany in 1945.Kinnell, Susan K.
Communism in the World Since 1945: An Annotated Bibliography
'. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 1987. p. 219 Mies was elected chairman of the (West)
Herbert Mies (23 February 1929 – 14 January 2017) was a German politician. He joined the Communist Party of Germany in 1945.Kinnell, Susan K. Communism in the World Since 1945: An Annotated Bibliography
'. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 1987. p. 219 Mies was elected chairman of the (West)
German Communist Party
The German Communist Party (german: Deutsche Kommunistische Partei, ) is a communist party in Germany. The DKP supports left positions and was an observer member of the European Left. At the end of February 2016 it left the European party.
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in 1973. He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize
The International Lenin Peace Prize (russian: международная Ленинская премия мира, ''mezhdunarodnaya Leninskaya premiya mira)'' was a Soviet Union award named in honor of Vladimir Lenin. It was awarded by a pane ...
in 1985/1986. Mies resigned from his position as party chairman in October 1989.
Mies died on 14 January 2017 in his hometown of Mannheim
Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...
at the age of 87.
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1929 births 2017 deaths German Communist Party politicians Lenin Peace Prize recipients {{Germany-DKP-politician-stub