Chairman of the German Economic Commission
Leading economic politician and diplomat of East GermanyPolitical partyIndependent Social Democratic Party of Germany (1917–1919)Communist Party of Germany (1919–1946)
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of Germany (1946–1961)Spouse(s)Helene HeßElisabeth BihrChildren3 sons, 1 daughterHeinrich Gottlob "Heiner" Rau (2 April 1899 – 23 March 1961) was a German communist politician during the time of the Weimar Republic; subsequently, during the Spanish Civil War, he was a leading member of the International Brigades and after World War II a leading East German statesman.