Council of Ministers of the GDR (1954–1958)
The Council of Ministers was constituted on November 19, 1954 and held office until December 7, 1958.
At the presentation of the new government, Otto Grotewohl announced that he would still appoint the chairman of the Central Commission for State Control, the Minister for Foreign Trade and Internal German Trade and the chairman of the State Commission.
Members of the Government of the GDR (on November 19, 1954)
| function | Official | State Secretary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surname | Political party | Surname | Political party | |
| Prime Minister | Otto Grotewohl | SED | Fritz Geyer | SED |
| First Deputy Prime Minister | Walter Ulbricht (from November 24, 1955) | SED | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister | ||||
| Walter Ulbricht (until November 24, 1955) | SED | |||
| Heinrich Rau | SED | |||
| Otto Nuschke (died on December 27, 1957) | CDU | |||
| Max Sefrin (from February 10, 1958) | CDU | |||
| Hans Loch | LDPD | |||
| Lothar Bolz | NDPD | |||
| Paul Scholz | DBD | |||
| Willi Stoph | SED | |||
| Fred Oelßner (from January 18, 1956 to February 13, 1958) | SED | |||
| Fritz Selbmann (from November 24, 1955 to February 13, 1958) | SED | |||
| Bruno Leuschner (from January 18, 1956) | SED | |||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Lothar Bolz | NDPD | Georg Handke | SED |
| Minister of the Interior |
Willi Stoph Karl Maron (from August 12, 1955) |
SED |
Josef Hegen Ernst Wollweber |
SED SED |
| Minister of Defense (from January 18, 1956) | Willi Stoph | SED | ||
| Minister of Finance | Hans Loch (until November 24, 1955) Willy Rumpf |
LDPD SED |
Willi Georgino | SED |
| President of the German Central Bank |
Greta Kuckhoff Martin Schmidt (from May 28, 1958) |
SED SED |
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| Minister for Popular Education | Fritz Lange | SED | Hans-Joachim Laabs | SED |
| Minister of Culture | Johannes R. Becher (died on October 11, 1958) | SED | Fritz Apelt | SED |
| Minister for All-German Issues (from November 24, 1955) | Hans Loch | LDPD | ||
| Minister for Heavy Industry (until November 24, 1955) | Fritz Selbmann | SED | Richard Goschütz | SED |
| Minister of Mechanical Engineering (until April 15, 1955) | Heinrich Rau | SED | ||
| Minister for Heavy Machinery (from April 15, 1955 to February 15, 1958) | Erich Apel | SED | ||
| Minister for General Mechanical Engineering (from April 15, 1955 to February 15, 1958) | Helmut Wunderlich | SED | ||
| Minister for Mining and Metallurgy (from January 18, 1956 to February 15, 1958) | Rudolf Steinwand | SED | ||
| Minister for the Chemical Industry (from November 24, 1955 to February 15, 1958) | Werner Winkler | SED | ||
| Minister for Coal and Energy (from January 18, 1956 to February 15, 1958) | Richard Goschütz | SED | ||
| Minister for Nuclear Research (from November 10, 1955) | Willi Stoph | SED | ||
| Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Bruno Leuschner | SED | ||
| First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Margarete Wittkowski | SED | ||
| Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Kurt Gregor (from 1956) | SED | ||
| Minister for Construction (until February 15, 1958) Minister for Construction |
Heinz Winkler died on June 25, 1958 Ernst Scholz (from September 24, 1958) |
CDU SED |
Josef Hafrang Gerhard Kosel (from April 21, 1955) |
SED SED |
| Minister for Light Industry (until February 15, 1958) | Wilhelm Feldmann | NDPD | Rudolf Teichmann | SED |
| Minister for the Food Industry (until February 15, 1958) | Kurt Westphal | SED | Ruth Fabisch | LDPD |
| Minister for Trade and Supply | Curt Wach | SED | Gerda Wachowius | SED |
| Minister for Foreign Trade | Kurt Gregor (acting minister until April 15, 1955) Heinrich Rau (from April 15, 1955) |
SED SED |
Kurt Gregor | SED |
| Minister of Health | Luitpold Steidle | CDU | Jenny Matern | SED |
| Minister of Justice | Hilde Benjamin | SED | Heinrich Toeplitz | CDU |
| Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Friedrich Burmeister | CDU | Kurt Gebhardt | SED |
| Minister of Transport | Erwin Kramer | SED | ||
| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | Paul Scholz (until March 19, 1955) Hans Reichelt (from May 20, 1955) |
DBD DBD |
Kurt Siegmund | SED |
| Minister for Labor and Vocational Training (until February 15, 1958) | Friedrich Macher | SED | Friedel Malter | SED |
| Minister for State Security (from November 24, 1955) | Ernst Wollweber (until October 31, 1957) Erich Mielke (from December 11, 1957) |
SED SED |
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| State Secretary for Local Economy (until February 15, 1958) | Karl Kasten | SED | ||
| State Secretary for Higher Education | Wilhelm Girnus (from April 26, 1957) | SED | ||
| State Secretary for Registration and Buying |
Hermann Streit Helmut Koch (from September 24, 1958) |
SED | ||
| State Secretary for the Coordination of the Entire Financial Industry (until 1955) | Willy hull | SED | ||
| Chairman of the State Committee on Physical Culture and Sports | Manfred Ewald | SED | ||
| Chairman of the Labor and Wages Committee (from July 1, 1958) | Walter Heinicke (from May 28, 1958) | SED | ||
| State Secretary at the Committee for German Unity | Albert North | SED | ||
Individual evidence
- ^ Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic . In: Neues Deutschland , November 20, 1954, p. 1.
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)