List of members and candidates of the Central Committee of the SED after the IX. Party congress
This list gives an overview of the on the IX. SED party congress (May 18-22, 1976) elected members and candidates of the SED Central Committee. The General Secretary, the members and candidates of the Politburo and the Secretaries of the Central Committee were elected from among its members.
| Surname | Member since | Status within the ZK | Remarks |
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| Alexander Abusch | 1957 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Adameck | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans Albrecht | 1954/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Otto Arndt | 1971/1975 | Central Committee member | |
| Hermann Axen | 1949 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Roland Bauer | 1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Bruno Beater | 1963/1973 | Central Committee member | |
| Gerhard Beil | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hilde Benjamin | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Helene Berg | 1954/1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Wolfgang Beyreuther | 1971/1973 | Central Committee member | |
| Joachim Bialecki | 1967/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Wolfgang Biermann | 1967/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Siegfried Boehm | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans-Joachim Böhme | 1971/1973 | Central Committee member | |
| Alois groom | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Edith Brandt | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Horst Brasch | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Horst Brünner | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Max Burghardt | 1954/1959 | Central Committee member | died on January 22, 1977 |
| Johannes Chemnitzer | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Franz Dahlem | 1946-1953 / 1957 | Central Committee member | |
| Fritz Dallmann | 1963/1964 | Central Committee member | |
| Friedrich Dickel | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Ernst Diehl | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Horst Dohlus | 1950/1963 | Candidate of the Politburo Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
elected a member of the Politburo at the 12th session of the Central Committee on May 21, 1980 |
| Friedrich Ebert | 1946 | Member of the Politburo | died on December 4, 1979 |
| Günter Ehrensperger | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Luise Ermisch | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Manfred Ewald | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Manfred Feist | 1971/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Felfe | 1954/1963 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Kurt Fichtner | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Oskar Fischer | 1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Peter Florin | 1954/1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Frohn | 1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Gerhard Frost | 1954/1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Klaus Fuchs | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Otto Funke | 1958/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Gaudian | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Wolfgang Gebauer | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Karl-Friedrich Gebhardt | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Geggel | 1963/1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Norbert Geipel | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Rudi Georgi | 1967/1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Gisela Glende | 1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Theo bell | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Günter Görlich | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Otto Gotsche | 1963/1966 | Central Committee member | |
| Gerhard Grüneberg | 1958 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Lea Grundig | 1963 | Central Committee member | died on October 10, 1977 |
| Herbert Häber | 1976/1978 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
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| Kurt Hager | 1950/1954 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Erich Hahn | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Walter Halbritter | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Hanns | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Hasse | 1971/1975 | Central Committee member | |
| Gerhard Heidenreich | 1950/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Eberhard Heinrich | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Heintze | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Eva Hempel | 1963/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Wolfgang Herger | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Hering | 1967/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Manfred Herold | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Joachim Herrmann | 1967/1971 | Candidate of the Politburo Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
elected Secretary of the Central Committee and member of the Politburo at the 8th session of the Central Committee on May 25, 1978 |
| Hans-Joachim Hertwig | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Heynisch | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | until June 1976, died on April 5, 1977 |
| Johannes Hörnig | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans-Joachim Hoffmann | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Hoffmann | 1950/1954 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Erich Honecker | 1946 | Member of the Politburo General Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Margot Honecker | 1950/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Ilse Hoppe | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Günther Jahn | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Jarowinsky | 1963 | Candidate of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Hans Jendretzky | 1946-1953 / 1957 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Juch | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Wolfgang Junker | 1967/1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Peter Kamps | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Karl Kayser | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Katharina Kern | 1946 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Keßler | 1946 | Central Committee member | |
| Bruno Kiesler | 1967/1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Kirchhoff | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Günther Kleiber | 1967 | Politburo candidate | |
| Horst Klemm | 1971/1975 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Klopfer | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Rainer Knolle | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans Koch | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Michael Kohl | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Gerd König | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Otto König | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Helmut Koziolek | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Erhard Krack | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Erwin Kramer | 1954 | Central Committee member | died on November 10, 1979 |
| Egon Krenz | 1971/1973 | Politburo candidate | |
| Herbert Krolikowski | 1971/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Krolikowski | 1963 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Heinz Kuhrig | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Karl Kuron | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Helga Labs | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Lamberz | 1963/1967 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
died on March 6, 1978 |
| Inge Lange | 1963/1964 | Politburo candidate, Central Committee secretary |
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| Waldemar Liemen | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Bruno Lietz | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Lothar Lindner | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Siegfried Lorenz | 1967/1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Lorenz | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Dieter Mäde | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Dieter Manzei | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Paul Markowski | 1967/1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Matthes | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Moritz Mebel | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Ludwig Mecklinger | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Robert Menzel | 1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Karl Mewis | 1950/1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Ernst Hermann Meyer | 1963/1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Erich Mielke | 1950 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Hans-Peter Minetti | 1958 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Günter noon | 1958/1962 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Hans Modrow | 1958/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Erich Mückenberger | 1950 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Dieter Müller | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Erich Müller | 1971/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Fritz Mueller | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Fritz Mueller | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Helmut Müller | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Margarete Müller | 1963 | Politburo candidate | |
| Konrad Naumann | 1963/1966 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Ingrid Neitzke | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Neugebauer | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Alfred Neumann | 1954 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Gerhart Neuner | 1963/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Albert North | 1955 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Harry Ott | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Alois Pisnik | 1950 | Central Committee member | |
| Hermann Poeschel | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Erich Postler | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans-Joachim Preuss | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Bernhard Quandt | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Erhard Radtke | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Wolfgang Rauchfuß | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Günter Reinhold | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Otto Reinhold | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Reuther | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Rodenberg | 1954 | Central Committee member | died on March 7, 1978 |
| Kurt Rödiger | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Alfred Rohde | 1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Robert Rompe | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Paul Roscher | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Erich Rübensam | 1954/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Willy hull | 1950/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Helmut Sakowski | 1963/1973 | Central Committee member | |
| Herbert washer | 1967/1975 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Scheler | 1976/1978 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
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| Gerhard Schürer | 1963 | Politburo candidate | |
| Dieter Schulze | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Schumann | 1958/1959 | Central Committee member | |
| Bernhard Seeger | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Günter Sieber | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Sindermann | 1958/1963 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Rudolf Singer | 1967 | Central Committee member | died on November 1, 1980 |
| Willi Skibinski | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Sölle | 1963/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Horst Stechbarth | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Otfried Steger | 1967/1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Frieda Sternberg | Candidate of the Central Committee | ||
| Albert Stief | 1960/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Willi Stoph | 1950 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Paul Strauss | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Josef quarrel | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Irene Tamme | 1971/1978 | Candidate of the ZK ZK member |
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| Horst Tensierowski | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Use Thiele | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Kurt Thieme | 1958 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Karl Thoma | 1958/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Günter Tichter | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Kurt Tiedke | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Ernst Timm | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Harry table | 1963 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Johanna Töpfer | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Trölitzsch | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans-Jürgen Trümper | 1976/1978 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
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| Paul Verner | 1950 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Waldemar Verner | 1954/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Walde | 1971 | Politburo candidate | |
| Elisabeth Walther | 1963/1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans Warnke | 1946 | Central Committee member | |
| Edith Weingart | 1967/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Marianne Weinhauer | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Weiss | 1967/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Herbert Weiz | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Josef Little | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Wittig | 1958/19594 | Central Committee member | |
| Gert Wohllebe | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hanna Wolf | 1954/1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Ernst Wulf | 1958/1963 | Central Committee member | died on October 2, 1979 |
| Günter Wyschofsky | 1963/1964 | Central Committee member | |
| Christa Zellmer | 1971/1975 | Central Committee member | |
| Herbert Ziegenhahn | 1963/1966 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Ziegner | 1967/1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Arnold Zimmermann | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Ursula Zschau | 1967/1973 | Central Committee member |
Changes Compared to 1971, the Central Committee was expanded from 189 to 204 functionaries. The number of candidates was increased to 59. Eight members of the Central Committee were elected to the Central Committee for the first time. 59% of the candidates for the Central Committee were newly elected. 13% of the members and candidates elected in 1971 were not reconfirmed, taking into account that 13 of the 25 unconfirmed officials had died.
Overview of the not re-elected members and candidates of the Central Committee
Members
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Candidates
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statistics
| category | number |
|---|---|
| Central Committee members | 145 |
| new ZK members | 8th |
| Central Committee candidates | 59 |
| new ZK candidates | 35 |
| Candidates appointed to the Central Committee | 11 |
| Central Committee members not confirmed again | 17th |
| Central Committee candidates not confirmed again | 8th |
