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Gmina Bolesławiec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship>Wenigtreben, Poland| nationality = | death_date = | death_place = | restingplace = | party = Socialist Unity Party of Germany| alma_mater = | spouse = | children = }}Helga Labs (born 22 May 1940) is an East German politician who served as the minister of public education of East Germany. As a member of the ruling party Socialist Unity Party (SED), she held several political and public posts in East Germany.

Early life and education

Labs was born in Wenigtreben on 22 May 1940.LABS, HELGA>URL=HTTPS://WWW.BUNDESSTIFTUNG-AUFARBEITUNG.DE/DE/RECHERCHE/KATALOGE-DATENBANKEN/BIOGRAPHISCHE-DATENBANKEN/HELGA-LABSACCESS-DATE=16 AUGUST 2022, de, Between 1955 and 1959 she studied at the institute for teacher training in Rochlitz and received a degree in teaching.

Career

Labs joined the Rochlitz branch of the Free German Youth organization in 1956 and served as its secretary between 1959 and 1960. In 1959 he became a member of the SED. In 1974 she was named as the head of the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation, a youth organization, replacing Egon Krenz in the post.JOURNAL, Catherine Plumjournal=German Politics and Societyvolume=26page=18weblinkwork=Die Hellersdorferlanguage=de, Labs was a member of the central committee of the SED from 1976 to 3 December 1989. She also served as chairman of the teaching and education union.NEWS, Stefan Fries, Die Pressekonferenz als Bühne. "Nach meiner Kenntnis ist das sofort, unverzüglich",weblink 16 August 2022, Deutschlandfunk, 2 April 2021, de, In November 1989 she was appointed minister of public education, replacing Margot Honecker in the post.WEB, Helga Labs, DDR Center, 16 August 2022, dePUBLISHER=VERLAG BARBARA BUDRICHISBN=978-3-8474-0421-7LANGUAGE=DEPAGE=155,

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