Jurij Grós

Jurij Grós (1 January 1931 – 28 December 2019) was an ethnic Sorbian communist politician who held office before and after German reunification.

Grós was born in Bautzen in 1931 and educated at the Sorbian Teacher Training Institute in Radibor.

He joined the district leadership of the Free German Youth (FDJ) and in 1955 became a member of the Federal Executive Board of Domowina, the state-sponsored association for the Sorbian minority.

In 1964, he was appointed First Secretary of the Federal Executive Board, and assumed leadership of the organization upon the retirement of its long-time Chairman, Kurt Krjeńc in 1973.

In the wake of the Peaceful Revolution, he resigned his position in Domowina, but was re-elected to the executive board again in 1993.