The following overview lists the ministers and state secretaries of the GDR government at the beginning of the government period.
Third cabinet of Otto Grotewohl Cabinet Grotewohl III | |
|---|---|
2nd government of the German Democratic Republic | |
| Date formed | 19 November 1954 |
| Date dissolved | 7 December 1958 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Otto Grotewohl |
| No. of ministers | 15 |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Grotewohl II |
| Successor | Grotewohl IV |
Ministries
The government consisted of:
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister-President | Otto Grotewohl | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |
| First Deputy Minister-President | Walter Ulbricht | 24 November 1955 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |
| Deputy Minister-President | Walter Ulbricht | 19 November 1954 | 24 November 1955 | SED | |
Otto Nuschke | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | CDU | ||
Heinrich Rau | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
Hans Loch | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | LDPD | ||
Lothar Bolz | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | NDPD | ||
Paul Scholz | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | DBD | ||
Willi Stoph | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
Fred Oelßner | 18 January 1956 | 13 February 1958 | SED | ||
Fritz Selbmann | 24 November 1955 | 13 February 1958 | SED | ||
Fred Oelßner | 18 January 1956 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
| Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | Paul Scholz | 19 November 1954 | 19 March 1955 | DBD | |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | Hans Reichelt | 20 March 1955 | 7 December 1958 | DBD | |
| Ministry of Construction | Heinz Winkler | 19 November 1954 | 15 February 1958 | NDPD | |
| Ministry of Finance | Hans Loch | 19 November 1954 | 24 November 1955 | LDPD | |
Willy Rumpf | 24 November 1955 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Lothar Bolz | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | NDPD | |
| Ministry of Heavy Industry | Fritz Selbmann | 19 November 1954 | 24 November 1955 | SED | |
| Ministry of the Interior | Willi Stoph | 19 November 1954 | 12 August 1955 | SED | |
Karl Maron | 12 August 1955 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
| Ministry of Justice | Hilde Benjamin | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |
| Ministry for Labor and Vocational Training | Frederick Macher | 19 November 1954 | 15 February 1958 | SED | |
| Ministry of Light Industry | William Feldman | 19 November 1954 | 15 February 1958 | NDPD | |
| Ministry of Mechanical Engineering | Heinrich Rau | 19 November 1954 | 15 April 1955 | SED | |
| Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Friedrich Burmeister | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | CDU | |
| Ministry of Public Education | Fritz Lange | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |
| Minister of State Security | Ernst Wollweber | 19 November 1954 | 31 October 1957 | SED | |
Ernst Wollweber | 11 December 1957 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
| Ministry of Trade and Supply | Curt Wach | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |
| Ministry of Transport | Erwin Kramer | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |
| Ministry of Health | Luitpold Steidle | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | CDU | |
Ministry-level Committees
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Bruno Leuschner | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |
| First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Margarete Wittkowski | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |
| State Secretary at the Committee for German Unity | Albert Norden | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |
Sources
- Herbert Hömig (1985). "Loch, Hans". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 14. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 742–743. (full text online).
- Wer war wer in der DDR?
- Carl Steinhoff: erster DDR-Innenminister : Wandlungen eines bürgerlichen Sozialisten / Lutz Maeke
- "BIOGRAPHISCHE DATENBANKEN". election.de (in German). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- Gesetz über die Regierung der DDR: Online-Veröffentlichung, retrieved 10 January 2018
- Gesetz über die Bildung eines Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit: http://www.verfassungen.de/de/ddr/mfsbildung50.htm Online-Veröffentlichung, retrieved 10 January 2018.
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