1st Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic
Second cabinet of Otto Grotewohl Cabinet Grotewohl II | |
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![]() 1st government of the German Democratic Republic | |
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Date formed | 8 November 1950 |
Date dissolved | 19 November 1954 |
People and organisations | |
Head of government | Otto Grotewohl |
No. of ministers | 15 |
History | |
Predecessor | Grotewohl I |
Successor | Grotewohl III |
At the inaugural meeting of the Volkskammer on 8 November 1950, Otto Grotewohl was elected Prime Minister. At the same time, the law on the government of the German Democratic Republic was approved and thus given a structure. Grotewohl presented his government at the 2nd meeting of the People's Chamber on 15 November 1950. Among them were 4 state secretaries with their own portfolio, whose secretariats were set up by resolution at the 1st government meeting, which took place before the 2nd Volkskammer conference. At the 2nd government meeting on November 16, 1950, the respective state secretaries of the ministries were appointed by resolution. Among the 21 ministers and almost 30 state secretaries were 13 candidates and members of the Central Committee of the SED, including 4 members of the Politburo. The block parties were represented by a total of 9 ministers and 8 state secretaries, with the CDU alone providing 4 ministers. The DBD was the only block party that did not provide a deputy prime minister at the beginning of the government period. The following overview lists the ministers and state secretaries of the GDR government at the beginning of the government period.
Ministries
The government consisted of:[1]
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Minister-President | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | SED | ||
Deputy Minister-President | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | SED | ||
16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | CDU | |||
16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | SED | |||
16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | LDPD | |||
16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | NDPD | |||
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | DBD | ||
Ministry of Construction | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | NDPD | ||
Ministry of Finance | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | LDPD | ||
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | CDU | ||
Ministry for Inner-German Trade, Foreign Trade and Material Supply | 16 November 1950 | 1952 | SED | ||
1952 | 19 November 1954 | SED | |||
Ministry of Heavy Industry | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | SED | ||
Ministry of the Interior | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | SED | ||
Ministry of Justice | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | SED | ||
Ministry of Labor | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | SED | ||
Ministry of Light Industry | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | NDPD | ||
Ministry of Mechanical Engineering | 16 November 1950 | 19 December 1952 | SED | ||
Ministry for Post and Telecommunications | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | CDU | ||
Ministry of Public Education | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | SED | ||
Minister of State Security | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | SED | ||
Ministry of Trade and Supply | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | LDPD | ||
Ministry of Transport | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Health | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | CDU |
Committees
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Chairman of the State Planning Commission | 16 November 1950 | 19 November 1954 | SED |
References
- ^ "Ministries, political parties, etc". rulers.org. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ Peter Grieder (1999). The East German leadership 1946-73. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719054983. pp. 53-85
- ^ "Reingruber, Hans" (in German). Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Helmut Müller-Enbergs. "Steidle, Luitpold * 12.3.1898, † 27.7.1984 CDU-Funktionär, Minister für Gesundheitswesen, Oberbürgermeister von Weimar". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
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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- 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.