Council of Ministers of the GDR (1981–1986)
The Council of Ministers was in office from June 26, 1981 to June 17, 1986.
| Office | Surname | Political party |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Willi Stoph | SED |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers |
Werner Krolikowski Alfred Neumann |
SED |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers |
Manfred Flegel Wolfgang Rauchfuß Gerhard Schürer Rudolph Schulze Hans Reichelt Gerhard Weiss until January 7, 1986 Horst Sölle from May 8, 1986 Herbert Weiz Hans-Joachim Heusinger Günther Kleiber |
NDPD SED SED CDU DBD SED SED SED LDPD SED |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Oskar Fischer | SED |
| Minister of the Interior | Friedrich Dickel | SED |
| Minister of Defense |
Heinz Hoffmann († December 2, 1985) Heinz Keßler from December 3, 1985 |
SED |
| Minister of Finance | Ernst Höfner | SED |
| President of the State Bank | Horst Kaminsky | SED |
| Minister for Popular Education | Margot Honecker | SED |
| Minister of Culture | Hans-Joachim Hoffmann | SED |
| Chairman of the planning committee | Gerhard Schürer | SED |
| Deputy chairman of the planning committee | Wolfgang Greß | SED |
| State Secretary of the Planning Commission | Heinz Klopfer | SED |
| Minister for Coal and Energy | Wolfgang Mitzinger | SED |
| Minister for Materials Management | Wolfgang Rauchfuß | SED |
| Minister for Ore Mining and Metallurgy | Kurt Singhuber | SED |
| Minister for Chemical Industry | Günther Wyschofsky | SED |
| Minister of Electrical Engineering and Electronics |
Otfried Steger until September 30, 1982 Felix Meier |
SED |
| Minister for General Mechanical Engineering | Günther Kleiber until March 12, 1986 Gerhard Tautenhahn |
SED |
| Minister for Heavy Machinery and Plant Engineering | Rolf Kersten | SED |
| Minister for Processing Machinery and Vehicles | Rudi Georgi | SED |
| Minister for the Glass and Ceramics Industry |
Werner Greiner-Petter until December 8, 1983 Karl Grünheid |
SED |
| Minister for Light Industry | Werner Buschmann | SED |
| Minister for District Managers and the Food Industry | Udo-Dieter Wange | SED |
| Minister of Science and Technology | Herbert Weiz | SED |
| Minister for Trade and Supply | Gerhard Briksa | SED |
| Minister of Construction | Wolfgang Junker | SED |
| Minister for Foreign Trade |
Horst Sölle until May 8, 1986 Gerhard Beil |
SED |
| Chairman of the Committee for Workers' u. Farmer inspection | Albert Stief | SED |
| Chairman of the State Contracting Court | Manfred Flegel | NDPD |
| Minister of Health | Ludwig Mecklinger | SED |
| Minister of Justice | Hans-Joachim Heusinger | LDPD |
| Minister of Geology | Manfred Bochmann | SED |
| Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Rudolph Schulze | CDU |
| Minister of Transport | Otto Arndt | SED |
| Minister for Environment and Water Management | Hans Reichelt | DBD |
| Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food |
Heinz Kuhrig until December 3, 1982 Bruno Lietz |
SED |
| Minister for State Security | Erich Mielke | SED |
| State Secretary for Labor and Wages | Wolfgang Beyreuther | SED |
| State Secretary for Church Affairs | Klaus Gysi | SED |
| Head of the Office for Higher and Technical Education | Hans-Joachim Böhme | SED |
| Head of the Office of Prices | Walter Halbritter | SED |
| Head of the Office for Youth Affairs | Hans Sattler | SED |
| Lord Mayor of the City of (East) Berlin | Erhard Krack | SED |
Governments of the GDR
Provisional government of the GDR (1949–1950) | 1950–1954 | 1954–1958 | 1958–1963 | 1963–1967 | 1967–1971 | 1971–1976 | 1976–1981 | 1981–1986 | 1986–1989 | Modrow government (1989–1990) | De Maizière government (1990)