List of members and candidates of the Central Committee of the SED according to the XI. Party congress
This list gives an overview of those on the XI. SED party congress (April 17-21, 1986) 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. At the 12th session of the Central Committee on December 3, 1989, the Central Committee resigned as a whole. Previously, 12 functionaries had been excluded from the Central Committee and the SED.
| Surname | Member since | Status within the ZK | Remarks |
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| Heinz Adameck | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Lothar Ahrendt | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Albrecht | 1954/1963 | Central Committee member | excluded from the Central Committee and Party at the 12th Central Committee meeting on December 3, 1989 |
| Otto Arndt | 1971/1975 | Central Committee member | |
| Eberhard Aurich | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Hermann Axen | 1949 | Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
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| Manfred Banaschak | 1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Ursula Basler | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Roland Bauer | 1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Klaus-Dieter Baumgarten | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Achim Becker | 1981/1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Christa Behrendt | 1986/1988 | Candidate of the ZK ZK member |
elected as a member of the Central Committee at the 6th Central Committee meeting on June 9 and 10, 1988 |
| Gerhard Beil | 1976/1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Hilde Benjamin | 1954 | Central Committee member | died on April 18, 1989 |
| Helene Berg | 1954/1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Wolfgang Beyreuther | 1971/1973 | Central Committee member | |
| Wolfgang Biermann | 1967/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans-Joachim Böhme | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans-Joachim Böhme | 1971/1973 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Alois groom | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Horst Brasch | 1963 | Central Committee member | died on August 18, 1989 |
| Horst Brünner | 1976/1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Johannes Chemnitzer | 1967 | 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 | Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
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| Werner Eberlein | 1981 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Wilhelm Ehm | 1981/1982 | Central Committee member | |
| Günter Ehrensperger | 1976/1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Manfred Ewald | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Manfred Feist | 1971/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Horst Felber | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Felfe | 1954/1963 | Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
died on September 7, 1988 |
| Frank Fichte | 1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Oskar Fischer | 1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Ulrich fly | 1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Peter Florin | 1954/1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Frohn | 1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Günter Fuchs | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Klaus Fuchs | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Otto Funke | 1958/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Siegfried Funke | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Klaus Gäbler | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Wolfgang Gebauer | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Heinz Geggel | 1963/1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Norbert Geipel | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Rudi Georgi | 1967/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Ingrid Gerstenberger | 1986/1988 | Candidate of the ZK ZK member |
elected as a member of the Central Committee at the 7th Central Committee meeting on December 1 and 2, 1988 |
| Günter Görlich | 1976/1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Wolfgang Greß | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Kurt Hager | 1950/1954 | Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
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| Erich Hahn | 1976/1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Walter Halbritter | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Hanns | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Karl Hartmann | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Hasse | 1971/1975 | 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 | |
| Christa Hermann | 1986/1988 | Candidate of the ZK ZK member |
elected as a member of the Central Committee at the 6th Central Committee meeting on June 9 and 10, 1988 |
| 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 | Central Committee member | died on September 28, 1988 |
| Günter Hipp | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Johannes Hörnig | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans-Joachim Hoffmann | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Wolfgang Hoffmann | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Holtz-Baumert | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Erich Honecker | 1946 | General Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
excluded from the Central Committee and Party at the 12th Central Committee meeting on December 3, 1989 |
| Margot Honecker | 1950/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Wolfgang Jacob | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Günther Jahn | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Jarowinsky | 1963 | Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
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| Hans Jendretzky | 1946 | Central Committee member | |
| Bernd Junghanns | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Wolfgang Junker | 1967/1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Hermann Kant | 1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Karl Kayser | 1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Keßler | 1946 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Werner Kirchhoff | 1967 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Günther Kleiber | 1967 | Member of the Politburo | excluded from the Central Committee and Party at the 12th Central Committee meeting on December 3, 1989 |
| Horst Klemm | 1971/1975 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Klopfer | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Koch | 1976/1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Gerd König | 1976/1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Hartmut König | 1981/1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Otto König | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Helmut Koziolek | 1976/1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Erhard Krack | 1976/1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Egon Krenz | 1971/1973 | Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
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| Elke Krieg | 1986/1988 | Candidate of the ZK ZK member |
elected as a member of the Central Committee at the 7th Central Committee meeting on December 1 and 2, 1988 |
| Herbert Krolikowski | 1971/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Krolikowski | 1963 | Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
excluded from the Central Committee and Party at the 12th Central Committee meeting on December 3, 1989 |
| Anneliese Kruger | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Kuhrig | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Helga Labs | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Inge Lange | 1963/64 | Secretary of the Central Committee candidate of the Politburo |
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| Gerd Laßner | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Waldemar Liemen | 1976/1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Bruno Lietz | 1963/1982 | Central Committee member | |
| Lothar Lindner | 1976/1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Siegfried Lorenz | 1967/1971 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Werner Lorenz | 1971/1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Margit Ludwig | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Ursula Ludwig | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Dieter Mäde | 1963/1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Moritz Mebel | 1971/1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Ludwig Mecklinger | 1976/1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Robert Menzel | 1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Ernst Hermann Meyer | 1963/1971 | Central Committee member | died on October 8, 1988 |
| Erich Mielke | 1950 | Member of the Politburo | excluded from the Central Committee and Party at the 12th Central Committee meeting on December 3, 1989 |
| Hans-Peter Minetti | 1958/1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Heinz Mirtschin | 1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Günter noon | 1958/1962 | Secretary of the Central Committee Member of the Politburo |
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| Rudi Mittig | 1976/1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans Modrow | 1958/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Ewald Moldt | 1981/1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Werner Molle | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Helmut Morche | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Erich Mückenberger | 1950 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Dieter Müller | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | excluded from the Central Committee and Party at the 12th Central Committee meeting on December 3, 1989 |
| Erich Müller | 1971/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Fritz Mueller | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Gerhard Müller | 1981 | Politburo candidate | excluded from the Central Committee and Party at the 12th Central Committee meeting on December 3, 1989 |
| Helmut Müller | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Margarete Müller | 1963 | Politburo candidate | |
| Werner Müller | 1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Herbert Naumann | 1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Ingrid Neitzke | 1976/1988 | Candidate of the ZK ZK member |
elected as a member of the Central Committee at the 6th Central Committee meeting on June 9 and 10, 1988 |
| Horst Neubauer | 1981/1988 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
elected as a member of the Central Committee at the 6th Central Committee meeting on June 9 and 10, 1988 |
| Alfred Neumann | 1954 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Gerhart Neuner | 1963/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Harry Ott | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Harry Patzig | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans Pischner | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans Pisko | 1981/1982 | Central Committee member | |
| Alois Pisnik | 1950 | Central Committee member | |
| Hermann Poeschel | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Günter Pötschke | 1981/1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Wilfried Possner | 1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Erich Postler | 1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans-Joachim Preuss | 1971 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Reinhard Probst | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Bernhard Quandt | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Erhard Radtke | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Ursula Ragwitz | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Dietmar Rau | 1986 | 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 | |
| Wolfgang Reinhold | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Gunter Rettner | 1986/1988 | Candidate of the Central Committee Member of the Central Committee |
elected as a member of the Central Committee at the 7th Central Committee meeting on December 1 and 2, 1988 |
| Werner Reuther | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Herbert Richter | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Franz Roessler | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| 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 | |
| Helmut Sakowski | 1963/1973 | Central Committee member | |
| Günter Schabowski | 1981 | Member of the Politburo | |
| Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski | 1986 | Central Committee member | excluded from the Central Committee and Party at the 12th Central Committee meeting on December 3, 1989 |
| Werner Scheler | 1976/1978 | Central Committee member | |
| Ernst Schladitz | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Schröder | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Gerhard Schürer | 1963 | Politburo candidate | |
| Gerd Schulz | 1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Dieter Schulze | 1976 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Schumann | 1958/1959 | Central Committee member | |
| Wolfgang Schwanitz | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Bernhard Seeger | 1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Kurt Seibt | 1950/1954 | Central Committee member | |
| Karl Seidel | 1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Helmut Semmelmann | 1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Günter Sieber | 1976/1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Horst Sindermann | 1958/1963 | Member of the Politburo | excluded from the Central Committee and Party at the 12th Central Committee meeting on December 3, 1989 |
| Willi Sitte | 1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Willi Skibinski | 1963 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Horst Sölle | 1963/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Lothar Stammnitz | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Horst Stechbarth | 1976/1978 | Central Committee member | |
| Frieda Sternberg | 1954 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Albert Stief | 1960/1963 | Central Committee member | |
| Willi Stoph | 1950 | Member of the Politburo | excluded from the Central Committee and Party at the 12th Central Committee meeting on December 3, 1989 |
| Marianne Stobbe | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Strauss Paul | 1963/1967 | Central Committee member | |
| Fritz Streletz | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Gerhard Tautenhahn | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Use Thiele | 1954 | 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 | excluded from the Central Committee and Party at the 12th Central Committee meeting on December 3, 1989 |
| Johanna Töpfer | 1971 | Central Committee member | |
| Gerhard Trölitzsch | 1976/1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Hans-Joachim Trümper | 1976/1978 | Central Committee member | |
| Michael Trutti | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Ralph Ullrich | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Manfred Volland | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Werner Walde | 1971 | Politburo candidate | |
| Udo-Dieter Wange | 1981/1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Edith Weber | 1981/1982 | Central Committee member | |
| Marianne Weinhauer | 1976/1982 | Central Committee member | |
| Herbert Weiz | 1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Manfred Wekwerth | 1986 | Central Committee member | |
| Günter Wendland | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Hans-Joachim Willerding | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Egon Winkelmann | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Rudolf Winter | 1981 | Central Committee member | |
| Lothar Witt | 1981 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Gert Wohllebe | 1971/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Hanna Wolf | 1954/1958 | Central Committee member | |
| Günther Wyschofsky | 1963/1964 | Central Committee member | |
| Henry paid | 1986 | Candidate of the Central Committee | |
| Christa Zellmer | 1971/1976 | Central Committee member | |
| Herbert Ziegenhahn | 1963/1966 | Central Committee member | excluded from the Central Committee and Party at the 12th Central Committee meeting on December 3, 1989 |
| 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 1981, the Central Committee was expanded from 211 to 221 functionaries. The number of candidates was increased to 57. 14 Central Committee members were elected to the Central Committee for the first time. 45% of the candidates for the Central Committee were newly elected. 15% of the members and candidates elected in 1981 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 | 164 | |
| new ZK members | 14th | |
| Central Committee candidates | 57 | |
| new ZK candidates | 26th | |
| Candidates appointed to the Central Committee | 12 | |
| Central Committee members not confirmed again | 25th | |
| Central Committee candidates not confirmed again | 7th |
After the resignation of the Central Committee, a working committee was elected at the 12th session to prepare for the extraordinary party congress. This party congress, at which a new party executive and thus the new SED leadership body was elected, took place on December 6th and 7th, 1989. Until then, this committee is to be regarded as the governing body of the SED, chaired by Herbert Kroker . The committee consisted of the following members:
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Individual evidence
- ^ ND of December 4, 1989 p. 1
