List of members and candidates of the Central Committee of the SED after the 10th party congress
This list gives an overview of the members and candidates of the Central Committee of the SED elected at the 10th SED Party Congress (April 11-16, 1981). 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 | 1958 | Member of the Central Committee | died on January 27, 1982 |
| 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 | |
| Eberhard Aurich | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hermann Axen | 1949 | Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
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| Roland Bauer | 1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Klaus-Dieter Baumgarten | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Bruno Beater | 1963/1973 | Member of the Central Committee | died on April 9, 1982 |
| Achim Becker | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Beil | 1976/1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hilde Benjamin | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Helene Berg | 1954/1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Wolfgang Beyreuther | 1971/1973 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Wolfgang Biermann | 1967/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hans-Joachim Böhme | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hans-Joachim Böhme | 1971/1973 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Alois groom | 1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Edith Brandt | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Brasch | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Brünner | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Johannes Chemnitzer | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Franz Dahlem | 1946-1953 / 1957 | Member of the Central Committee | died on December 17, 1981 |
| 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 Politburo | |
| Werner Eberlein | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee candidate of the Politburo (from 1985) |
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| Wilhelm Ehm | 1981/1982 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
elected as a member of the Central Committee at the 4th Central Committee meeting on June 23 and 24, 1982 |
| Günter Ehrensperger | 1976/1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Manfred Ewald | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Manfred Feist | 1971/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Felber | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Felfe | 1954/1963 | Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
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| 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 | |
| Klaus Fuchs | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Otto Funke | 1958/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Siegfried Funke | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Klaus Gäbler | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Karl-Friedrich Gebhardt | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Geggel | 1963/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Norbert Geipel | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Rudi Georgi | 1967/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Gisela Glende | 1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Theo bell | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Günter Görlich | 1976/1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Otto Gotsche | 1963/1966 | Member of the Central Committee | died on December 17, 1985 |
| Wolfgang Greß | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Herbert Häber | 1976/1978 | Member of the Central Committee Secretary of the Central Committee (1984–1985) Member of the Politburo (1984–1985) |
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| Kurt Hager | 1950/1954 | Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
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| Erich Hahn | 1976/1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Walter Halbritter | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Hanns | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Hasse | 1971/1975 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Eberhard Heinrich | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Heintze | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Eva Hempel | 1963/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Wolfgang Herger | 1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Hering | 1967/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Manfred Herold | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Frank-Joachim Herrmann | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Joachim Herrmann | 1967/1971 | Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
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| Hans-Joachim Hertwig | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Johannes Hörnig | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hans-Joachim Hoffmann | 1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Hoffmann | 1950/1952 | Member of the Politburo | died on December 2, 1985 |
| Gerhard Holtz-Baumert | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Erich Honecker | 1946 | General Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
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| Margot Honecker | 1950/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Günther Jahn | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Jarowinsky | 1963 | Secretary of the Central Committee Candidate of the Politburo Member of the Politburo (since 1984) |
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| Hans Jendretzky | 1946 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Juch | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Bernd Junghanns | 1981 | Candidate 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 | died on April 16, 1985 |
| 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 | Member of the Central Committee candidate of the Politburo Member of the Politburo (from 1984) |
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| Horst Klemm | 1971/1975 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Klopfer | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Rainer Knolle | 1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Koch | 1976/1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Gerd König | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hartmut König | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Otto König | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Helmut Koziolek | 1976/1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Erhard Krack | 1976/1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Egon Krenz | 1971/1973 | Member of the Central Committee candidate of the Politburo Member of the Politburo (from 1983) |
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| Herbert Krolikowski | 1971/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Krolikowski | 1963 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Anneliese Kruger | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Kuhrig | 1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Helga Labs | 1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Inge Lange | 1963/64 | Member of the Central Committee candidate of the Politburo |
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| Gerd Laßner | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Waldemar Liemen | 1976/1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Bruno Lietz | 1963/1982 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
elected as a member of the Central Committee at the 4th Central Committee meeting on June 23 and 24, 1982 |
| Lothar Lindner | 1976/1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Siegfried Lorenz | 1967/1971 | Member of the Central Committee candidate of the Politburo (from 1985) |
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| Werner Lorenz | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Margit Ludwig | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Dieter Mäde | 1963/1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Moritz Mebel | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Ludwig Mecklinger | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Robert Menzel | 1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Ernst Hermann Meyer | 1963/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Erich Mielke | 1950 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Hans-Peter Minetti | 1958 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Günter noon | 1958/1962 | Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
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| Rudi Mittig | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Modrow | 1958/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Ewald Moldt | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Erich Mückenberger | 1950 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Dieter Müller | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Erich Müller | 1971/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Fritz Mueller | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Müller | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee candidate of the Politburo (from 1985) |
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| Helmut Müller | 1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Margarete Müller | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee candidate of the Politburo |
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| Konrad Naumann | 1963/1966 | Member of the Central Committee Secretary of the Central Committee (1984–1985) Member of the Politburo (until 1985) |
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| Ingrid Neitzke | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Neubauer | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Alfred Neumann | 1954 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Gerhart Neuner | 1963/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Harry Ott | 1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Harry Patzig | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Pischner | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Pisko | 1981/1982 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
elected as a member of the Central Committee at the 4th Central Committee meeting on June 23 and 24, 1982 |
| Alois Pisnik | 1950 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hermann Poeschel | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Günter Pötschke | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Erich Postler | 1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hans-Joachim Preuss | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Reinhard Probst | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Bernhard Quandt | 1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Erhard Radtke | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Ursula Ragwitz | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Wolfgang Rauchfuß | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Günter Reinhold | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Otto Reinhold | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Wolfgang Reinhold | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Reuther | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Herbert Richter | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Rudolf Riss | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | died on January 17, 1985 |
| 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 | |
| Helmut Sakowski | 1963/1973 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Günter Schabowski | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee candidate of the Politburo Member of the Politburo (from 1984) |
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| Herbert washer | 1967/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Scheler | 1976/1978 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Ernst Schladitz | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Schürer | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee candidate of the Politburo |
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| Dieter Schulze | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Schumann | 1958/1959 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Bernhard Seeger | 1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Kurt Seibt | 1950/1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Günter Sieber | 1976/1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Sindermann | 1958/1963 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Willi Skibinski | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Sölle | 1963/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Lothar Stammnitz | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Stechbarth | 1976/1978 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Otfried Steger | 1967/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Frieda Sternberg | 1954 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Albert Stief | 1960/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Willi Stoph | 1950 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Paul Strauss | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Josef quarrel | 1963 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Fritz Streletz | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Irene Tamme | 1971/1978 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Tautenhahn | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Tensierowski | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Use Thiele | 1954 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Kurt Thieme | 1958 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Günter Tichter | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Kurt Tiedke | 1963/1967 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Ernst Timm | 1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Harry table | 1963 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Johanna Töpfer | 1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Trölitzsch | 1976/1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hans-Joachim Trümper | 1976/1978 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Paul Verner | 1950 | Member of the Politburo (until 1984) | |
| Waldemar Verner | 1954/1963 | Member of the Central Committee | died on February 15, 1982 |
| Werner Walde | 1971 | Member of the Central Committee candidate of the Politburo |
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| Udo-Dieter Wange | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Edith Weber | 1981/1982 | Candidate of the ZK ZK member |
elected as a member of the Central Committee at the 4th Central Committee meeting on June 23 and 24, 1982 |
| Edith Weingart | 1967/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Marianne Weinhauer | 1976/1982 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Weiss | 1967/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | died on January 7, 1986 |
| Herbert Weiz | 1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Egon Winkelmann | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Rudolf Winter | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Lothar Witt | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Wittig | 1958/1959 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Gert Wohllebe | 1971/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Hanna Wolf | 1954/1958 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Konrad Wolf | 1981 | Member of the Central Committee | died on March 7, 1982 |
| Günther Wyschofsky | 1963/1964 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Christa Zellmer | 1971/1976 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Herbert Ziegenhahn | 1963/1966 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Ziegner | 1967/1971 | Member of the Central Committee | |
| Arnold Zimmermann | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Ursula Zschau | 1967/1973 | Member of the Central Committee |
Changes Compared to 1976, the Central Committee was expanded from 204 to 211 functionaries. The number of candidates was reduced to 50. 17 Central Committee members were elected to the Central Committee for the first time. 38% of the candidates for the Central Committee were newly elected. 17% of the members and candidates elected in 1976 were not re-elected.
Overview of the not re-elected members and candidates of the Central Committee
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statistics
| category | number | Remarks |
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| Central Committee members | 161 | |
| new ZK members | 17th | |
| Central Committee candidates | 50 | |
| new ZK candidates | 19th | |
| Candidates appointed to the Central Committee | 12 | |
| Central Committee members not confirmed again | 25th | |
| Central Committee candidates not confirmed again | 8th |
literature
- Andreas Herbst , Gerd-Rüdiger Stephan, Jürgen Winkler (eds.): The SED. History, organization, politics. A manual. Dietz, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-320-01951-1 .
