List of the members and candidates of the Central Committee of the SED after the 7th Party Congress
This list gives an overview of the members and candidates of the Central Committee of the SED elected at the Seventh Party Congress of the SED (April 17-22, 1967). The 1st 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 | |
| Hermann Axen | 1949 | Politburo candidate. Politburo member |
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| Julius Balkow | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Kurt Barthel | 1950/1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Roland Bauer | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Bruno Baum | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Edith Baumann | 1946 | Central Committee member | |
| Bruno Beater | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hilde Benjamin | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Helene Berg | 1954/1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Rolf Berger | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Berthold | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Joachim Bialecki | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Wolfgang Biermann | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Siegfried Boehm | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Alois groom | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Edith Brandt | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Horst Brasch | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Max Burghardt | 1954/1959 | Central Committee member | |
| Johannes Chemnitzer | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Renate Credo | 1963 | 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 | |
| Johannes Döhler | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Horst Dohlus | 1950/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Friedrich Ebert | 1946 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Gerhart Eisler | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Luise Ermisch | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Georg Ewald | 1963 | Politburo candidate | |
| Manfred Ewald | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Kurt Eydam | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Herbert Fechner | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Felfe | 1954/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Martin Fischer | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Peter Florin | 1954/1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Paul Fröhlich | 1954/1958 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Gerhard Frost | 1954/1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Klaus Fuchs | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Otto Funke | 1958/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Ernst Gallerach | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Geggel | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Rudi Georgi | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hubert Görlich | 1967 | 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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| Bernhard Grünert | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Lea Grundig | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Kurt Hager | 1950/1954 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Werner Hager | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Walter Halbritter | 1967 | Politburo candidate | |
| Gerhard Heidenreich | 1950/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Gotthard Heinrich | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Heintze | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Eva Hempel | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Adolf Hennecke | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Richard Herber | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Hering | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Joachim Herrmann | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans-Joachim Hertwig | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Heynisch | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Inge Hieblinger | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Johannes Hörnig | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Hoffmann | 1950/1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Gerda Holzmacher | 1950 | Central Committee member | |
| Erich Honecker | 1946 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Margot Honecker | 1950/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| 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 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Peter Kamps | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Karl Kayser | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Gerhard Kegel | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Katharina Kern | 1946 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Keßler | 1946 | Central Committee member | |
| Bruno Kiesler | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Kurt Kieß | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Kirchhoff | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Günther Kleiber | 1967 | Politburo candidate | |
| Rainer Knolle | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Erwin Kramer | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Krolikowski | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Alfred Kurella | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Karl Kuron | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Lamberz | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member, candidate of the Politburo |
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| Erich Lange | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Inge Lange | 1963/1964 | Central Committee member | |
| Marianne Lange | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Bruno Lietz | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Siegfried Lorenz | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Dieter Mäde | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Martin Margrave | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Paul Markowski | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Karl Marron | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Hermann Matern | 1946 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Heinz Matthes | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Meier | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Karl Mewis | 1950/1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Ernst Hermann Meyer | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Erich Mielke | 1950 | Central Committee member | |
| 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 | |
| Fritz Mueller | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Fritz Mueller | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Margarete Müller | 1963 | Politburo candidate | |
| Konrad Naumann | 1963/1966 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Neugebauer | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Alfred Neumann | 1954 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Gerhart Neuner | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Albert North | 1955 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Alois Pisnik | 1950 | Central Committee member | |
| Hermann Poeschel | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Günter Prey | 1963/1964 | Central Committee member | |
| Bernhard Quandt | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Wolfgang Rauchfuß | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Otto Reinhold | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Karl Rieke | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans Rodenberg | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Kurt Rödiger | 1963 | 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 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Herbert washer | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Otto Schön | 1950 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Schönfelder | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Walter Schröder | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Gerhard Schürer | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Horst Schumann | 1958/1959 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Schwarz | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Bernhard Seeger | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Horst Sindermann | 1958/1963 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Rudolf Singer | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Willi Skibinski | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Sölle | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Otfried Steger | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Frieda Sternberg | Candidate of the Central Committee | ||
| Albert Stief | 1960/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Willi Stoph | 1950 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Hermann Storch | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Paul Strauss | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Josef quarrel | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Use Thiele | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Kurt Thieme | 1958 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Karl Thoma | 1958/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Kurt Tiedke | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Harry table | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Herbert Traut | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Walter Ulbricht | 1946 | 1st Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
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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 | |
| Günther Waak | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Elisabeth Walther | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Warnke | 1946 | Central Committee member | |
| Herbert Warnke | 1949 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Edith Weingart | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Weiss | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Rudi Wekker | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Herbert Weiz | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Josef Little | 1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Otto winemaker | 1950 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Wittig | 1958/19594 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Wittig | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Johann Wittik | 1963/1964 | Central Committee member | |
| Margarete Wittkowski | 1954/1958/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Hanna Wolf | 1954/1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Klaus Dieter Wüstneck | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Ernst Wulf | 1958/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Günter Wyschofsky | 1963/1964 | Central Committee member | |
| Herbert Ziegenhahn | 1963/1966 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Ziegner | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Max Zimmering | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Ursula Zschau | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee |
Changes Compared to 1963, the ZK was not expanded for the first time. The number of candidates was even reduced from 60 to 50. Thirteen members of the Central Committee were elected to the Central Committee for the first time. 50% of the candidates for the Central Committee were newly elected. 19% of the members and candidates elected in 1963 were not re-elected, including 10 deaths alone.
Overview of the not re-elected members and candidates of the Central Committee
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Members
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Candidates |
statistics
| category | number | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Central Committee members | 131 | |
| new ZK members | 13 | |
| Central Committee candidates | 50 | |
| new ZK candidates | 25th | |
| Candidates appointed to the Central Committee | 13 | |
| Central Committee members not confirmed again | 24 | |
| Central Committee candidates not confirmed again | 14th |
