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)
Socialist Unity Party 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.
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