{{Infobox officeholder | name = Georg Stibi | image = Fotothek df roe-neg 0006531 031 Portrait Georg Stibis, Chefredakteur der Leipzig.jpg | caption = Georg Stibi (1953) | office1 = Ambassador of the German Democratic Republic to Czechoslovakia | term_start1 = 1958 | term_end1 = 1961 | predecessor1 = Bernard Koenen | successor1 = Walter Vesper | office2 = Ambassador of the German Democratic Republic to Romania | term_start2 = 1957 | term_end2 = 1958 | predecessor2 = Werner Eggerath | successor2 = Wilhelm Bick | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|07|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Markt Rettenbach, German Empire | death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|05|30|1901|07|25|df=y}} | death_place = Berlin, German Democratic Republic | resting_place = Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde | other_names = | alma_mater = | party = Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1946–) <br> Communist Party of Germany (1922–1945) <br> Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (1919–1922) | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = Star of Peoples' Friendship, in gold (1981) <br> Patriotic Order of Merit, honour clasp (1976) <br> Hero of Labour (1971) <br> Order of Karl Marx (1966) <br> Patriotic Order of Merit, in gold (1961) <br> Patriotic Order of Merit, in silver (1955) }} '''Georg Stibi''' (25 July 1901 – 30 May 1982) was a German diplomat, journalist, and politician. From 1961 to 1974 he was deputy foreign minister of East Germany. From 1957 to 1958 he was the ambassador of the German Democratic Republic to Romania; and from 1958 to 1961 he was ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
== Life == Georg Stibi was born on 25 July 1901 in Markt Rettenbach, the son of a cobbler. After attending elementary school he worked as a farm labourer and industrial worker before becoming a journalist. In 1919, he joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany. In 1922, he joined the Communist Party of Germany. Stibi then worked as a correspondent for the newspaper, ''Die Rote Fahne.'' In February 1930, he was arrested for publishing about Germany's secret and illegal rearmament, and sentenced to two years in prison for treason. He was released from prison in May 1932. From 1937 to 1939 he took part in the Spanish Civil War, where he presented German-language radio programs. In 1938, his German citizenship was revoked by the Nazi government. Following the collapse of the Second Spanish Republic at the conclusion of the war in 1939, Stibi travelled to France and was interned in Camp Vernet. He was later transferred to Camp des Milles, where he would escape from in 1941.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Müller-Enbergs |first=Helmut |url=https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/de/recherche/kataloge-datenbanken/biographische-datenbanken/georg-stibi |title=Wer war wer in der DDR? |publisher=Ch. Links Verlag |year=2010 |edition=5th |volume=2 |location=Berlin |language=de |chapter=Stibi, Georg}}</ref> Thereafter he emigrated to Mexico. In Mexico, he joined the Free Germany Movement (BFD) and the Heinrich Heine Club; a group of German exiles living in Mexico that included Anna Seghers, Egon Kisch, and Bodo Uhse, among others.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Prignitz |first=Helga |date=1981 |title=TGP. Ein Grafiker-Kollektiv in Mexiko von 1937–1977 |journal=Dissertation at the Free University of Berlin |language=de |pages=309}}</ref>
In 1946, Stibi returned to Berlin and joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. After serving as editor-in-chief of the ''Berliner Zeitung'' in 1949, he was editor-in-chief of the ''Leipziger Volkszeitung'' from 1953 to 1954 and the editor-in-chief of ''Neues Deutschland'' from 1955 to 1956.<ref name=":0" /> From 1957 to 1958 he was the ambassador of the German Democratic Republic to Romania; and from 1958 to 1961 he was ambassador to Czechoslovakia.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1957-03-16 |title=Georg Stibi Botschafter in Rumänien |url=https://www.nd-archiv.de/artikel/675678.georg-stibi-botschafter-in-rumaenien.html?sstr=stibi |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Neues Deutschland |pages=1 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1958-06-28 |title=Georg Stibi bei Vaclav David |url=https://www.nd-archiv.de/artikel/1870346.georg-stibi-bei-vaclav-david.html?sstr=stibi |access-date=2024-04-13 |work=Neues Deutschland |pages=5 |language=de}}</ref> Stibi was the Deputy Foreign Minister of East Germany from 1961 to 1974.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1968-09-24 |title=Minister Stibi aus Genf zurück |url=https://www.nd-archiv.de/artikel/1281377.minister-stibi-aus-genf-zurueck.html?sstr=stibi |work=Neues Deutschland |pages=2 |language=de}}</ref> He died on 30 May 1982 in Berlin.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1982-06-01 |title=Genosse Georg Stibi Nachruf des ZK der SED und des Ministerrates der DDR |url=https://www.nd-archiv.de/artikel/375898.genosse-georg-stibi-nachruf-des-zk-der-sed-und-des-ministerrates-der-ddr.html?sstr=stibi |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Neues Deutschland |pages=2 |language=de}}</ref>
== Awards == * 1981 Star of Peoples' Friendship, in gold * 1976 Patriotic Order of Merit, honour clasp * 1971 Hero of Labour * 1966 Order of Karl Marx * 1961 Patriotic Order of Merit, in gold * 1955 Patriotic Order of Merit, in silver
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