10 Facts About Manfred Feist

Manfred Feist was born on Halle 6 April 1930 died Berlin 17 December 2012 and was a German politician and party functionary.

Manfred Feist served as Director of the Foreign Information Department of the Central Committee of the ruling SED.

Manfred Feist's notability is enhanced by the marriage, in 1953, of his elder sister Margot to a political high-flyer called Erich Honecker.

Manfred Feist was born in 1930, during the economically distressed closing years of Germany's Weimar chapter, in the south-inner city quarter of Halle.

Manfred Feist attended the Regional Party School in Halle and became a District Leader and instructor with the FDJ.

Between 1966 and 1989 Manfred Feist served, in succession to Werner Lamberz, as Director of the Foreign Information Department of the Central Committee of the ruling SED.

Manfred Feist was a member of the World Peace Council and of the Main Committee of the East German Peace council.

In 1995 Manfred Feist suffered a stroke, after which he was paralysed down one side of his body.

Manfred Feist's death was made public only after a delay of more than two weeks, when an announcement was placed in the Berliner Zeitung.

Manfred Feist was buried in Cemetery Pankow III in the Berlin-Niederschonhausen district.