The First cabinet of Otto Grotewohl, also known as the Provisional Government of the GDR was formed by a law on the government of the GDR (passed by the Provisional People's Chamber) on October 7, 1949. According to the law, members of the government were: the prime minister, his 3 deputies and his 14 ministers. The number of ministers would increase to 15 after the State Security Department was elevated to a ministry by the Law on the Formation of a Ministry for State Security of February 8, 1950). It existed until November 7, 1950, after which the Council of Ministers became the government of the GDR as the Second cabinet of Otto Grotewohl.
First cabinet of Otto Grotewohl Cabinet Grotewohl I | |
|---|---|
Provisional government of the German Democratic Republic | |
| Date formed | 7 October 1949 |
| Date dissolved | 7 November 1950 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Otto Grotewohl |
| No. of ministers | 15 |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Allied Control Council and German Economic Commission (Soviet Military Administration) |
| Successor | Grotewohl II |
Ministries
The government consisted of:
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister-President | Otto Grotewohl | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | SED | |
| Deputy Minister-President | Walter Ulbricht | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | SED | |
Hermann Kastner | 7 October 1949 | 1 July 1950 | LDPD | ||
Otto Nuschke | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | CDU | ||
| Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | Ernst Goldenbaum | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | DBD | |
| Ministry of Construction | Lothar Bolz | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | NDPD | |
| Ministry of Finance | Hans Loch | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | LDPD | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Georg Dertinger | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | CDU | |
| Ministry for Foreign Trade and Material Supply | Georg Ulrich Handke | 7 October 1949 | 11 November 1949 | SED | |
| Ministry for Inner-German Trade, Foreign Trade and Material Supply | Georg Ulrich Handke | 11 November 1949 | 7 November 1950 | SED | |
| Ministry of Industry | Fritz Selbmann | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | SED | |
| Ministry of the Interior | Karl Steinhoff | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | SED | |
| Ministry of Justice | Max Fechner | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | SED | |
| Minister for Post and Telecommunications | Friedrich Burmeister | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | CDU | |
| Ministry of Public Education | Paul Wandel | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | SED | |
| Office for Information at the Prime Minister of the GDR | Gerhard Eisler | 12 October 1949 | 8 February 1950 | SED | |
| Minister of State Security | Wilhelm Zaisser | 8 February 1950 | 7 November 1950 | SED | |
| Ministry of Trade and Supply | Karl Hamann | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | LDPD | |
| Ministry of Transport | Hans Reingruber | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | Independent | |
| Ministry for Labor and Health | Luitpold Steidle | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | CDU | |
Ministry-level Committees
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Heinrich Rau | 7 October 1949 | 7 November 1950 | SED | |
Sources
- "Government declaration by Otto Grotewohl (Berlin, 12 October 1949)". 27 February 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- 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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- Georg Dertinger
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- "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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