The following overview lists the ministers and state secretaries of the 3rd Council of Ministers of the GDR from December 8, 1958, to October 7, 1963.
Fourth cabinet of Otto Grotewohl Cabinet Grotewohl IV | |
|---|---|
3rd government of the German Democratic Republic | |
| Date formed | 8 December 1958 |
| Date dissolved | 7 October 1963 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Otto Grotewohl |
| No. of ministers | 22 |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Grotewohl III |
| Successor | Grotewohl V |
Ministries
The government consisted of:
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Otto Grotewohl | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED | |
| First Deputy Chairman | Walter Ulbricht | 8 December 1958 | 12 September 1960 | SED | |
| Deputy Chairman | Heinrich Rau | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED | |
Willi Stoph | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED | ||
Hans Loch | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | LDPD | ||
Max Sefrin | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | CDU | ||
Lothar Bolz | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | NDPD | ||
Paul Scholz | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | DBD | ||
Bruno Leuschner | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED | ||
| Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | Hans Reichelt | 8 December 1958 | 7 February 1963 replaced by Agricultural Council | DBD | |
| Ministry of Construction | Ernst Scholz | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED | |
| Ministry of Finance | Willy Rumpf | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Lothar Bolz | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | NDPD | |
| Ministry of the Interior | Karl Maron | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED | |
| Ministry of Justice | Hilde Benjamin | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED | |
| Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Friedrich Burmeister | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | CDU | |
| Ministry of Public Education | Alfred Lemmnitz | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED | |
| Minister of State Security | Erich Mielke | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED | |
| Minister for Foreign Trade and Internal German Trade | Heinrich Rau | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED | |
| Ministry of Transport | Erwin Kramer | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED | |
| Ministry of Health | Max Sefrin | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | CDU | |
Ministry-level Committees
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Bruno Leuschner | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED | |
Karl Mewis | 6 July 1961 | 12 January 1963 | SED | ||
Erich Apel | 12 January 1963 | 7 October 1963 | SED | ||
| First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Kurt Gregor | 8 December 1958 | 6 July 1961 | SED | |
Rudolf Müller | 6 July 1961 | 7 October 1963 | SED | ||
Karl Grünheid | March 1963 | 7 October 1963 | SED | ||
| Chairman of the Agricultural Council | Karl-Heinz Bartsch | 7 February 1963 | 9 February 1963 | SED | |
Georg Ewald | 9 February 1963 | 7 October 1963 | SED | ||
| Chairman of the Central Committee for State Control | Ernst Wabra (acting) | 8 December 1958 | November 1961 | SED | |
Hans Jendretzky | November 1961 | 14 May 1963 replaced by Workers' and Peasants' Inspection | SED | ||
| Minister and Chairman of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection | Heinz Matthes | 14 May 1963 | 7 October 1963 | SED | |
Sources
- Herbert Hömig (1985). "Loch, Hans". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 14. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 742–743. (full text online).
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- 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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