Council of Ministers of the GDR (1971–1976)
The government was in office from November 29, 1971 to November 1, 1976.
Office | Surname | Political party |
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Chairman of the Council of Ministers |
Willi Stoph (until October 3, 1973) Horst Sindermann |
SED SED |
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers |
Horst Sindermann (until October 3, 1973) Günter Mittag Alfred Neumann |
SED SED SED |
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers |
Kurt Fichtner Manfred Flegel Wolfgang Rauchfuß Gerhard Schürer Rudolph Schulze Werner Title † December 25, 1971 Hans Reichelt from March 9, 1972 Gerhard Weiss Herbert Weiz Hans-Joachim Heusinger (until October 3, 1973) Kurt Wünsche Günther Kleiber |
SED NDPD SED SED CDU DBD DBD SED SED LDPD LDPD SED |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Otto Winzer until January 20, 1975 Oskar Fischer |
SED SED |
Minister of the Interior | Friedrich Dickel | SED |
Minister of Defense | Heinz Hoffmann | SED |
Minister of Finance | Siegfried Boehm | SED |
Minister for Popular Education | Margot Honecker | SED |
Minister of Culture |
Klaus Gysi until January 31, 1973 Hans-Joachim Hoffmann |
SED |
Chairman of the planning committee | Gerhard Schürer | SED |
Minister for Primary Industry | Klaus Siebold | SED |
Minister for Materials Management | Manfred Flegel | NDPD |
Minister for Ore Mining and Metallurgy | Kurt Singhuber | SED |
Minister for Chemical Industry | Günther Wyschofsky | SED |
Minister of Electrical Engineering and Electronics | Otfried Steger | SED |
Minister for Heavy Machinery and Plant Engineering | Gerhard Zimmermann | SED |
Minister for Processing Machinery and Vehicle Construction | Rudi Georgi | SED |
Minister for Light Industry |
Johann Wittik until November 22, 1972 Karl Bettin |
SED |
Minister for District Managers and the Food Industry |
Erhard Krack until February 14, 1974 Udo-Dieter Wange |
SED |
Minister of Science and Technology |
Günter Prey until February 14, 1974 Herbert Weiz |
SED |
Minister for Trade and Supply |
Günter Sieber until November 22, 1972 Gerhard Briksa |
SED |
Minister of Construction | Wolfgang Junker | SED |
Minister for Foreign Trade | Horst Sölle | SED |
Chairman of the Committee for Workers' u. Farmer inspection | Heinz Matthes | SED |
Minister of Health | Ludwig Mecklinger | SED |
Minister of Justice | Kurt Wünsche until October 16, 1972 Hans-Joachim Heusinger |
LDPD |
Minister of Geology from July 1, 1974 | Manfred Bochmann | SED |
Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Rudolph Schulze | CDU |
Minister of Transport | Otto Arndt | SED |
Minister for Environment and Water Management | Werner Title † December 25, 1971 Hans Reichelt |
DBD DBD |
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food Industry |
Georg Ewald until October 3, 1973 Heinz Kuhrig |
SED |
Minister for State Security | Erich Mielke | SED |
Head of the State Central Administration for Statistics | Arno Donda | SED |
Head of the Department of Guidance and Control of District Councils | Fritz Scharfenstein | SED |
Head of the Office of Prices | Walter Halbritter | SED |