Werner Großmann (9 March 1929 – 28 January 2022) was a German deputy leader of the Ministry for State Security (Stasi).
[1] Born in Oberebenheit, Saxony, Großmann started his career as a bricklayer, but in 1952 he joined the Ministry for State Security where he studied political and military espionage.
[2] In 1983, he was promoted to deputy head of the General Reconnaissance Administration (HVA), the foreign espionage arm of the Stasi.
In 1986 when Markus Wolf retired, Großmann was promoted to head of the HVA and deputy minister of state security.
[2] Großmann appeared at several events organised by The Left political party.