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Georg Dertinger
Georg Dertinger (25 December 1902 – 21 January 1968) was a German politician from the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
He was born in Berlin into a middle-class Protestant family. Dertinger briefly studied law and economics. After his study he became a journalist and later editor for the "Magdeburger Volkszeitung" and the nationalistic newspaper "Stahlhelm". He broke with the Stahlhelm because of its rigid right-wing philosophy. He sympathized with the German National People's Party, a right-
Chamber.
From 1949 to 1953, he was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. After the arrest of the minister, Georg Dertinger, Ackermann succeeded him, briefly, as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In 1953-1954, he was expelled from the Politburo and Central Committee and fired as minister because of "party-hostile activity."
In 1956 he was rehabilitated and worked for the State Planning Bureau.
In 1970 he was rewarded with the Patriotic Service Medal. Ill with cancer, he committed suicide