Council of Ministers of the GDR (1981–1986)

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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