Herbert Mies (23 February 1929 – 14 January 2017) was a German politician. He joined the Communist Party of Germany in 1945.Kinnell, Susan K. Communism in the World Since 1945: An Annotated Bibliography. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 1987. p. 219 Mies was elected chairman of the (West) German Communist Party in 1973.Staar, Richard Felix, Milorad M. Drachkovitch, and Lewis H. Gann. Yearbook on International Communist Affairs. Stanford, Calif: Hoover Institution Press, 1988. p. 489(Yearbook on International Communist Affairs) He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1985/1986.New times international, Ed. 1–26. New Times Pub. House, 1987. p. 274 Mies resigned from his position as party chairman in October 1989.Banks, Arthur S., Thomas Christian Muller, and William Overstreet. Political Handbook of the World: 2008. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2008. p. 494
Mies died on 14 January 2017 in his hometown of Mannheim at the age of 87.
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