Ministry of Science and Technology
The Ministry of Science and Technology ( MWT ) was an institution or an advisory body of the Council of Ministers of the GDR , which is responsible for setting priorities and supervising scientific and technical research and development work in connection with economic planning for academies, universities, colleges and research and development institutions of the Ministries and companies were responsible for coordinating. The aim was a centrally managed research planning. In addition, there was coordination of scientific and technical cooperation in the Council for Mutual Economic Aid (Comecon).
Were directly subordinated
- the Central Institute for Information and Documentation ,
- the research center at the ministry and
- the computing center of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
"The Geological State Institute, the German Office for Weights and Measures , the German Office for Material and Goods Testing [...], the Office for Invention [...] and the Meteorological Service were temporarily subordinate ."
Previous institutions:
- 1949: DWK, HV Science and Technology
- 1949–1950: Ministry of Planning, HA Science and Technology
- 1950–1957: SPK , Central Office for Research and Technology
- 1957–1961: Research Council, Central Office for Research and Technology
- 1957–1990: Research Council of the GDR
- 1961–1967: State Secretariat for Research and Technology
From the later State Secretariat for Research and Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MWT) was formed on July 13, 1967.
Successors from April to October 1990 were the Ministry of Research and Technology and the Ministry of Education and Science.
Minister of Science and Technology
- Günter Prey (1967–1974)
- Herbert Weiz (1974–1989)
- Peter-Klaus Budig (1989–1990)
Minister for Research and Technology
- Frank Terpe (SPD, April 1990 - August 1990)
- Hans Joachim Meyer (CDU, August 1990 - October 1990)
Minister for Education and Science
- Hans Joachim Meyer (CDU, April 1990 - October 1990)
See also
literature
- Matthias Wagner: The Research Council of the GDR: in the field of tension between expertise and ideological claims : 1954 – April 1962; Dissertation. Berlin, 1992