Erich Apel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Erich Apel

German politician and economist

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1917

Place of Birth: Judenbach, Thuringia, Germany

Date of Death: 03-Dec-1965

Profession: politician, economist

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Erich Apel

  • Erich Apel (3 October 1917 – 3 December 1965) worked during World War Two as a rocket engineer at the Peenemünde Army Research Center in Nazi Germany.
  • He then became an East German party official.
  • During the later 1950s, he was increasingly involved in economic policy, serving from 1958 as head of the Politburo's Economics Commission.
  • He was seen as a reformer.
  • However, economic reform rapidly fell off the agenda after October 1964 when Nikita Khrushchev fell from power in Moscow.Apel served as president of the state planning commission between 1963 and 1965.
  • His final project was to negotiate a trade deal with the Soviet Union.
  • However, hours before he was due to sign the resulting agreement on behalf of the East German government, he committed suicide by firearm.

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