List of members and candidates of the Central Committee of the SED after the Eighth Party Congress
This list gives an overview of the members and candidates of the Central Committee of the SED elected at the Eighth Party Congress of the SED (June 15-19, 1971). The First Secretary, the members and candidates of the Politburo and the Secretaries of the Central Committee were elected from among its members.
List of members and candidates
| Surname | Member since | Status within the ZK | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Abusch | 1957 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Adameck | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Albrecht | 1954/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Otto Arndt | 1971/1975 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hermann Axen | 1949 | Politburo candidate. Politburo member |
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| Julius Balkow | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | died on July 19, 1973 |
| Roland Bauer | 1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Bruno Baum | 1958 | Member of the Central Committee | died on December 13, 1971 |
| Edith Baumann | 1946 | Member of the Central Committee | died on April 7, 1973 |
| Bruno Beater | 1963/1973 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
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| Hilde Benjamin | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Helene Berg | 1954/1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Wolfgang Beyreuther | 1971/1973 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
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| Joachim Bialecki | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Wolfgang Biermann | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Bittner | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Siegfried Boehm | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hans-Joachim Böhme | 1971/1973 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
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| Alois groom | 1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Edith Brandt | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Brasch | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Max Burghardt | 1954/1959 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Johannes Chemnitzer | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Franz Dahlem | 1946-1953 / 1957 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Fritz Dallmann | 1963/1964 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Friedrich Dickel | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Ernst Diehl | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Dohlus | 1950/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Friedrich Ebert | 1946 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Luise Ermisch | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Georg Ewald | 1963 | Politburo candidate | died on September 14, 1973 |
| Manfred Ewald | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Herbert Fechner | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Manfred Feist | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Felfe | 1954/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Kurt Fichtner | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Martin Fischer | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Oskar Fischer | 1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Peter Florin | 1954/1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Frohn | 1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Frost | 1954/1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Klaus Fuchs | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Otto Funke | 1958/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Gaudian | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Geggel | 1963/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Norbert Geipel | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Rudi Georgi | 1967/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Gisela Glende | 1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Otto Gotsche | 1963/1966 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Grüneberg | 1958 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Bernhard Grünert | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Lea Grundig | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Kurt Hager | 1950/1954 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Walter Halbritter | 1967 | Politburo candidate | |
| Horst Hasse | 1971/1975 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
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| Gerhard Heidenreich | 1950/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Eberhard Heinrich | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Heintze | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Eva Hempel | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Adolf Hennecke | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | died on February 22, 1975 |
| Werner Hering | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Joachim Herrmann | 1967/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hans-Joachim Hertwig | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Heynisch | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Johannes Hörnig | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Hoffmann | 1950/1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Gerda Holzmacher | 1950 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Erich Honecker | 1946 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Margot Honecker | 1950/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Ilse Hoppe | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Günther Jahn | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Jarowinsky | 1963 | Candidate of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Hans Jendretzky | 1946-1953 / 1957 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Juch | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Wolfgang Junker | 1967/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Peter Kamps | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Karl Kayser | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Katharina Kern | 1946 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Keßler | 1946 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Bruno Kiesler | 1967/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Kirchhoff | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Günther Kleiber | 1967 | Politburo candidate | |
| Horst Klemm | 1971/1975 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
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| Rainer Knolle | 1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Otto König | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Erwin Kramer | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Egon Krenz | 1971/1973 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
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| Herbert Krolikowski | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Krolikowski | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Alfred Kurella | 1958 | Member of the Central Committee | died on June 12, 1975 |
| Karl Kuron | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Labe | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Lamberz | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee candidate of the Politburo |
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| Erich Lange | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Inge Lange | 1963/1964 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Marianne Lange | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Bruno Lietz | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Siegfried Lorenz | 1967/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Lorenz | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Dieter Mäde | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Paul Markowski | 1967/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Karl Marron | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | died on February 2, 1975 |
| Heinz Matthes | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Moritz Mebel | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Robert Menzel | 1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Karl Mewis | 1950/1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Ernst Hermann Meyer | 1963/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Erich Mielke | 1950 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| 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 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Erich Mückenberger | 1950 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Erich Müller | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Fritz Mueller | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Fritz Mueller | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Margarete Müller | 1963 | Politburo candidate | |
| Konrad Naumann | 1963/1966 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Neugebauer | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| 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 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hermann Poeschel | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hans-Joachim Preuss | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Bernhard Quandt | 1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Wolfgang Rauchfuß | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Otto Reinhold | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Rodenberg | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Kurt Rödiger | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Alfred Rohde | 1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Robert Rompe | 1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Paul Roscher | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Erich Rübensam | 1954/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Willy hull | 1950/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Helmut Sakowski | 1963/1973 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
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| Herbert washer | 1967/1975 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
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| Heinz Schönfelder | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Kurt Schomann | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Schürer | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Schumann | 1958/1959 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Bernhard Seeger | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Sindermann | 1958/1963 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Rudolf Singer | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Willi Skibinski | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Sölle | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Otfried Steger | 1967/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Frieda Sternberg | Candidate of the Central Committee | ||
| Albert Stief | 1960/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Willi Stoph | 1950 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Hermann Storch | 1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Paul Strauss | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Josef quarrel | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Irene Tamme | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Use Thiele | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Kurt Thieme | 1958 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Karl Thoma | 1958/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Kurt Tiedke | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Harry table | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hans-Joachim Tomczak | 1971 | Member of the Central Committee | died on May 9, 1973 |
| Johanna Töpfer | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Walter Ulbricht | 1946 | First Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
died on August 1, 1973 |
| Paul Verner | 1950 | Member of the Politburo Secretary of the Central Committee |
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| Waldemar Verner | 1954/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Walde | 1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Elisabeth Walther | 1963/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Erich Wappler | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | died on May 27, 1974 |
| Hans Warnke | 1946 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Herbert Warnke | 1949 | Member of the Politburo | died on March 26, 1975 |
| Edith Weingart | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Weiss | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Herbert Weiz | 1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Josef Little | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Otto winemaker | 1950 | Member of the Central Committee | died on March 3, 1975 |
| Heinz Wittig | 1958/1959 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Wittig | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Johann Wittik | 1963/1964 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Margarete Wittkowski | 1954/1958/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | died on October 20, 1974 |
| Gert Wohllebe | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hanna Wolf | 1954/1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Wolfram | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Ernst Wulf | 1958/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Helmut Wunderlich | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Günter Wyschofsky | 1963/1964 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Christa Zellmer | 1971/1975 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
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| Herbert Ziegenhahn | 1963/1966 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Ziegner | 1967/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Max Zimmering | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | died on September 15, 1973 |
| Arnold Zimmermann | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Ursula Zschau | 1967/1973 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
Changes Compared to 1967, the Central Committee was expanded slightly from 181 to 189 functionaries. The number of candidates was increased slightly to 54. Six members of the Central Committee were elected to the Central Committee for the first time. 53% of the candidates for the Central Committee were newly elected. 13% of the members and candidates elected in 1967 were not re-elected.
Unelected members and candidates of the Central Committee
Members not re-elected
- Kurt Barthel , died on November 12, 1967
- Rolf Berger , relieved of all posts on July 9, 1971 because of demands for independent, free trade unions and criticism of the centralized planned economy
- Johannes Döhler , Central Committee member from 1963 to 1971, was expelled from the SED in 1980 because of the rejection of new agricultural policy objectives
- Renate Credo , member of the Central Committee from 1963 to 1971
- Gerhart Eisler , member of the Central Committee since 1967, died on March 21, 1968
- Kurt Eydam , Central Committee member from 1954 to 1971
- Ernst Gallerach , Central Committee member from 1967 to 1971
- Richard Herber , candidate from 1963, Central Committee member since 1967, died on June 19, 1968
- Martin Markgraf , Central Committee member from 1963 to 1971, pensioner from 1972
- Hermann Matern , died on January 24, 1971
- Günter Prey , candidate from 1963, member of the Central Committee from 1964 to 1971
- Otto Schön , died on September 15, 1968
- Walter Schröder , member of the Central Committee from 1954 to 1971
Candidates not re-elected
- Heinz Berthold
- Hubert Görlich
- Werner Hager
- Gotthard Heinrich
- Gerhard Kegel , Central Committee candidate from 1967 to 1971, from 1973 ambassador to the UN in Geneva
- Kurt Kieß
- Heinz Meier
- Heinz Schwarz
- Herbert Traut
- Günther Waak
- Rudi Wekker
- Klaus Dieter Wüstneck
statistics
| category | number | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Central Committee members | 135 | |
| new ZK members | 6th | |
| Central Committee candidates | 54 | |
| new ZK candidates | 29 | |
| Candidates appointed to the Central Committee | 12 | 11 candidates were made members between 1971 and 1976 |
| Central Committee members not confirmed again | 13 | |
| Central Committee candidates not confirmed again | 12 |
