Wolfgang Schwanitz, East German secret police (died 2022)

Wolfgang Schwanitz

German intelligence official (1930–2022)

Wolfgang Schwanitz was a German intelligence official, who was the last head of the Stasi, the East German secret police. It was officially renamed the "Office for National Security" on 17 November 1989. Unlike his predecessor, Erich Mielke, he did not hold the title "Minister…