Leaders of East Germany

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Contents 1 Leaders of the Socialist Unity Party 1.1 Chairmen 1.2 First Secretaries / General Secretaries of the Central Committee 2 Heads of state 2.1 Presidents of the GDR 2.2 Chairmen of the Council of State 3 Chairmen of the Council of Ministers 4 President of the People's Chamber 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Leaders of the Socialist Unity Party

[edit] Chairmen

• Wilhelm Pieck (formerly KPD) and Otto Grotewohl (formerly SPD) (1946–1954)

[edit] First Secretaries / General Secretaries of the Central Committee

German: Erster Sekretär des Zentralkomitees der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschlands, Generalsekretär des ZK der SED.

• Walter Ulbricht (1950–1971)
• Erich Honecker (1971–1989)
• Egon Krenz (1989)

[edit] Heads of state

[edit] Presidents of the GDR

German: Staatspräsident, Präsident der DDR.

• Wilhelm Pieck (SED) (1949–1960)

[edit] Chairmen of the Council of State

German: Vorsitzender des Staatsrats.

• Walter Ulbricht (SED) (1960–1973)
• Friedrich Ebert (SED) (1973, acting)
• Willi Stoph (SED) (1973–1976)
• Erich Honecker (SED) (1976–1989)
• Egon Krenz (SED) (1989)
• Manfred Gerlach (LDPD) (1989–1990)

[edit] Chairmen of the Council of Ministers

German: Vorsitzender des Ministerrats. Also known as Prime Minister / Premier / Minister President (Ministerpräsident)

• Otto Grotewohl (SED) (1949–1964)
• Willi Stoph (SED) (1964–1973)
• Horst Sindermann (SED) (1973–1976)
• Willi Stoph (SED) (1976–1989)
• Hans Modrow (SED) (1989–1990)
• Lothar de Maizière (CDU) (1990)

[edit] President of the People's Chamber

German: Präsident(in) der Volkskammer.

• Johannes Dieckmann (LDPD) (1949–1969)
• Gerald Götting (CDU) (1969–1976)
• Horst Sindermann (SED) (1976–1989)
• Günther Maleuda (Farmers' Party) (1989–1990)
• Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (CDU) (1990)

[edit] See also

• President of Germany
• Chancellor of Germany

[edit] External links

• http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/gdr.htm Leaders of East Germany