What is Heinz Kessler?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[Army general (East Germany)|Armeegeneral]] |name = Heinz Kessler |image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1988-0704-410, Heinz Keßler 02.jpg |caption = Heinz Kessler in 1988 |office = Minister of Defence of German Democratic Republic |term_start = 3 December 1985 |term_end = 18 November 1989 |president = [[Erich Honecker]] |primeminister = [[Willi Stoph]]<br>[[Hans Modrow]] |predecessor = [[Heinz Hoffmann]] |successor = [[Theodor Hoffmann (admiral)|Theodor Hoffman]] |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1920|01|26}} |birth_place = [[Lubań|Lauban]], [[Province of Lower Silesia]], [[Weimar Germany]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|5|2|1920|1|26}} |death_place = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] |party = [[German Communist Party]] <small>(since 2009)</small> |otherparty = [[Communist Party of Germany]] <small>(1945-1946)</small><br>[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] <small>(1946-1989)</small><br>[[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]] <small>(1989-1990)</small>[[German Communist Party]] <small> (1990–present)</small> |spouse = Ruth Kessler <small>(died 2013)</small> |profession = |religion = |allegiance = [[File:Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg|20px]] [[Nazi Germany]] <small>(1940-1941)</small><br>[[File:Red Army Badge.svg|20px]] [[Soviet Union]] <small>(1941-1945)</small><br>[[File:Flag of East Germany.svg|20px]] [[German Democratic Republic|East Germany]] <small>(1950-1989)</small> |branch = |serviceyears = [[File:War Ensign of Germany 1938-1945.svg|20px]] [[Wehrmacht]] <small>(1940-1941)</small><br>[[File:Red Army Badge.svg|20px]] [[Soviet Army]] <small>(1941-1945)</small><br>[[File:Flag of NVA (East Germany).svg|20px]] [[National People's Army]] <small>(1950-1989)</small> |rank = [[Army general (East Germany)|Armeegeneral]] |commands = [[Commander-in-chief