Manfred Feist (born Halle 6 April 1930 died Berlin 17 December 2012) was a German politician and party functionary.

As a result of this, between 1971 and 1989 Manfred Feist found himself the brother in law of East Germany's de facto head of state.

[4] Manfred Feist was born in 1930, during the economically distressed closing years of Germany's Weimar chapter, in the south-inner city (Glaucha) quarter of Halle.

Between 1966 and 1989 Manfred Feist served, in succession to Werner Lamberz, as Director of the Foreign Information Department of the Central Committee of the ruling SED (party).

[3] Press speculation focused on the question of whether Margot Honecker would return to Germany from her Chilean exile for her younger brother's funeral.