What is Erich Mielke?
{{Infobox officeholder | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R0522-177, Erich Mielke (cropped).jpg | caption = Mielke in 1976 age 69 | order = [[Stasi|Minister for State Security]]<br>{{small|[[East Germany]]}} | term_start = 11 December 1957 | term_end = 18 November 1989 | president = [[Wilhelm Pieck]] (1957–1960)<br>[[Walter Ulbricht]] (1960–1973)<br>[[Friedrich Ebert (junior)|''Friedrich Ebert'']] (1973)<br>[[Willi Stoph]] (1973–1976)<br>[[Erich Honecker]] (1976–1989) | lieutenant = [[Walter Ulbricht]] (1957–1971)<br>[[Erich Honecker]] (1971–1989) | primeminister = [[Otto Grotewohl]] (1957–1964)<br>[[Willi Stoph]] (1964–1973)<br>[[Horst Sindermann]] (1973–1976)<br>[[Willi Stoph]] (1976–1989)<br>[[Hans Modrow]] (1989) | predecessor = [[Ernst Wollweber]] | successor = [[Wolfgang Schwanitz]] | birth_name = Erich Fritz Emil Mielke | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1907|12|28}} | birth_place = [[Wedding Berlin|Wedding]], [[Berlin]], [[Province of Brandenburg|Brandenburg]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2000|5|21|1907|12|28}} | death_place = Berlin, Germany | party = [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] | spouse = Gertrud Mueller | children = Frank<br>Ingrid | occupation = Communist official, [[Stasi]] leader, [[Executioner]], and Chairman of [[SV Dynamo]] | module = {{Infobox criminal | child = yes | conviction = Double [[homicide]], [[attempted murder]] | conviction_penalty = 6 years imprisonment | conviction_status = Paroled in 1995 due to poor health }} | alma_mater = | signature = | allegiance = {{East Germany}} | branch = [[File:Flag of NVA (East Germany).svg|22 px]] [[National People's Army]] | battles = [[Spanish Civil War]] (1936-1939), [[World War II]] (1939-1945) (as a Naz