Council of Ministers of the GDR (1976–1981)
The government was in office from November 1, 1976 to June 26, 1981.
| 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 Herbert Weiz Hans-Joachim Heusinger Günther Kleiber |
NDPD SED SED CDU DBD SED SED LDPD SED |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Oskar Fischer | SED |
| Minister of the Interior | Friedrich Dickel | SED |
| Minister of Defense | Heinz Hoffmann | SED |
| Minister of Finance |
Siegfried Böhm until May 5, 1980 Werner Schmieder |
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 | Kurt Fichter until August 28, 1979 Wolfgang Greß |
SED |
| State Secretary of the Planning Commission | Heinz Klopfer | SED |
| Minister for Coal and Energy |
Klaus Siebold until August 28, 1979 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 | SED |
| Minister for General Mechanical Engineering | Günther Kleiber | SED |
| Minister for Heavy Machinery and Plant Engineering | Gerhard Zimmermann | SED |
| Minister for Processing Machinery and Vehicle Construction | Rudi Georgi | SED |
| Minister for the Glass and Ceramics Industry | Werner Greiner-Petter | SED |
| Minister for Light Industry |
Karl Bettin until December 15, 1978 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 | SED |
| Chairman of the Committee for Workers' u. Farmer inspection |
Heinz Matthes until December 21, 1977 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 | SED |
| Minister for State Security | Erich Mielke | SED |
| Head of the Office for Higher and Technical Education | Hans-Joachim Böhme | SED |
| Head of the Office of Prices | Walter Halbritter | SED |
| Lord Mayor of the capital of the GDR, 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)