Cabinet Höcker II

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The Höcker II cabinet was the state government of Mecklenburg, which was constituted in the Schwerin state parliament on December 10, 1946 after the first post-war state parliament elections on October 20, 1946 in the Soviet occupation zone. It initially consisted of Prime Minister Wilhelm Höcker (SED) and 7 ministers, 3 of whom belonged to the SED, 2 to the CDU and 1 to the LDP. The Agriculture Minister Möller was initially non-party, but then joined the CDU. Apart from the Prime Minister, the Minister for Public Education and the Minister for Trade and Supply, no member of the government ended the term of office. The ministries were also partially restructured and renamed. In September 1950 a Ministry of Justice, albeit short-lived, was set up. This was led by an NDPD minister, a party that did not even exist in 1946. Until then, judicial affairs were handled by a judicial administration department, which was directly subordinate to the Prime Minister.

Office / authority Surname Political party
Prime Minister Wilhelm Höcker SED
Ministry of Internal Administration and Planning
Ministry of Internal Administration (from June 8, 1948)
Ministry of the Interior (from March 1, 1949) 		Johannes Warnke (until October 1949) SED
Wilhelm Bick SED
Ministry of Finance Hans-Gotthilf Strasser (until December 1948) LDP
Max Suhrbier LDP
Ministry of Economy
Ministry of Industry and Construction (from September 1950) 		Siegfried Witte (until January 31, 1950) CDU
Wilhelm Bick (acting) SED
Erich Wächter (from March 1, 1950) CDU
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ( from March 1, 1949)
Ministry of Agriculture (from September 1950) 		Otto Möller (until February 10, 1948) CDU
Bernhard Quandt SED
Ministry of Supply
Ministry of Trade and Supply (from July 5, 1947) 		Alfred Starosson SED
Ministry of Popular Education Gottfried Grünberg SED
Ministry of Social Affairs
Ministry of Labor and Health Care (from July 1950) 		Friedrich Burmeister (until October 1949) CDU
Werner Pöhls CDU
Bruno Hirschberg (from September 1950) CDU
Ministry of Justice (established in September 1950) Günther Ludwig NDPD

literature

  • Detlev Brunner, The Schein der Sovereänität State government and occupation policy in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 1945-1949 , 2006, ISBN 978-3-412-06806-6 .
  • Martin Broszat / Hermann Weber , SBZ manual: State administrations, parties, social organizations and their executives in the Soviet zone of occupation , 1993, ISBN 3486552627 .