Cabinet Höcker II
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 |
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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 .