Kurt Gregor

Gregor was a technician and then an engineer in the machine factories in Dresden between 1927 and 1932.^[2] He joined the Communist Party of Germany and Rote Hilfe, German affiliate of the International Red Aid, in 1931.^[4] He worked as a technical director in the USSR from 1932 to 1938.^[3] He headed the standards department and was the technical manager in machine works in Dresden between 1938 and 1945.^[2]

Gregor joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in 1946.^[4] He was the head of the economic planning department in the Saxon state government from 1946 to 1950.^[3] He served as the state secretary at the Ministry of Heavy Industry in East Berlin between 1950 and 1951.^[4] Then, he was the state secretary at the Ministry for Foreign Trade and Inner German Trade for two terms, from 1951 to 1952 and from 1954 to 1956.^[2]

Gregor was appointed minister for foreign and inner German trade in September 1952, succeeding Georg Handke in the post.^[5] Gregor remained in office until November 1954.^[6] Heinrich Rau was appointed minister for foreign and inner German trade in April 1955.^[5]

Gregor worked as the first deputy chairman of the state planning commission between 1956 and 1961.^[4] He was a member of the East German Parliament from 1958 to 1963 and was the deputy secretary of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in Moscow.^[3][7]

Gregor died in Berlin on 5 May 1990.^[1]