List of Volkskammer members (8th election period)

This list provides an overview of all members of the People's Chamber of the GDR in the 8th legislative period (1981–1986).

Composition

According to official data, in the 1981 People's Chamber election, 99.86% of voters cast their votes for the nomination proposed by the National Front.

Faction	Seats	Party Affiliation
SED	127	276
DBD	52	52
CDU	52	54
LDPD	52	53
NDPD	52	53
FDGB	68	–
DFD	35	–
FDJ	40	–
KB	22	–
Independent	–	12
Total	500	500

The election did not impact the strength of the factions; their sizes were predetermined. The right column of the above table reflects the party affiliations of the members within the FDGB, DFD, FDJ, and Kulturbund factions.

Presidium

• President of the People's Chamber
  Horst Sindermann (SED)
• Deputy President of the People's Chamber
  Gerald Götting (CDU)
• Members of the Presidium:
  Willi-Peter Konzok (LDPD)
  Rudolf Agsten (LDPD) from 1983
  Wolfgang Heyl (CDU)
  Erich Mückenberger (SED)
  Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher (DFD)
  Heinz Eichler (SED)
  Karl-Heinz Schulmeister (Kulturbund)
  Ernst Mecklenburg (DBD)
  Rudi Rothe (DBD) from 1982
  Werner Heilemann (FDGB)
  Eberhard Aurich (FDJ)
  Wolfgang Rösser (NDPD)

Faction Leaders

• SED Faction
  Erich Mückenberger
• DBD Faction
  Leonhard Helmschrott
• CDU Faction
  Wolfgang Heyl
• LDPD Faction
  Rudolf Agsten
• NDPD Faction
  Siegfried Dallmann
• FDGB Faction
  Hans Jendretzky
• DFD Faction
  Katharina Kern
  Eva Rohmann (from 1984)
• FDJ Faction
  Günter Böhme (until 1982)
  Hans-Joachim Willerding (from 1982)
• KB Faction
  Karl-Heinz Schulmeister, Kulturbund

MPs

Name	Faction	Remarks
Joseph Aberth	DBD
Alexander Abusch	KB	deceased on January 27, 1982
Rudolf Agsten	LDPD	Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber Chairman of the CDU parliamentary group
Lutz Ahnfeld	FDJ
Erika Albrecht	DFD
Hans Albrecht	SED
Kurt Anclam	LDPD
Gudrun Anders	LDPD
Manfred von Ardenne	KB
Otto Arndt	SED
Elke Arnold	CDU
Karlheinz Arnold	SED
Eberhard Aurich	FDJ
Hermann Axen	SED
Petra Bahrs	FDGB
Manfred Becher	DBD
Edelgard Becker	DBD
Hannelore Becker	FDGB
Christel Bednareck	FDGB
Kerstin Behnisch	DFD
Friedl Behnke	FDGB
Sieglinde Behrend	FDJ
Bärbel Behrens	CDU
Petra Belitz	FDGB
Bruno Benthien	LDPD
Erna Berg	DBD
Wiete Bergmann	FDGB
Kurt Bernheiden	NDPD
Bernd Beyer	DBD
Wolfgang Beyreuther	FDGB
Ewald Bialas	FDGB
Erwin Binder	DBD
Heinz Böhm	CDU
Peter Böhm	FDJ
Günter Böhme	FDJ	until 1982 chairman of the FDJ parliamentary group
Hans-Joachim Böhme	SED
Andreas Börner	FDJ
Reinhard Bolduan	SED
Walter Boltz	DBD
Lothar Bolz	NDPD
Klaus-Dieter Bormann	FDJ
Horst Brasch	SED
Ellen Brombacher	FDJ
Christoph Brückner	LDPD
Günter Brust	LDPD
Klaus Buchholz	LDPD
Wolfgang Büchner	FDGB
Lothar Burkhardt	SED
Johannes Chemnitzer	SED
Andreas Claus	DBD
Gerhard Clausner	SED
Manfred Clauss	SED
Siegfried Dallmann	NDPD
Hans Deckert	NDPD
Karin Demuth	SED
Friedrich Dickel	SED
Horst Döll	NDPD
Horst Dohlus	SED
Heinz Dreblow	SED
Günther Drefahl	KB
Gertraud Dreihardt	DFD
Paul Eberle	LDPD
Günter Ehrensperger	SED
Herbert Eichhorn	DBD
Heinz Eichler	SED	Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Klaus Elsner	DBD
Gottfried Engelmann	LDPD
Albert Enke	FDGB
Heino Ernst	FDGB
Manfred Ewald	SED
Ulrich Fahl	CDU
Heinz Fahrenkrog	FDGB
Herbert Fechner	SED
Klaus Fehrmann	SED
Werner Felfe	SED	passed away in 1988
Kurt Fenske	SED
Kerstin Fenzke	FDJ
Otto Fiedler	DBD
Horst Fischer	NDPD
Oscar Fisherman	SED
Sabine Fischer	FDGB
Manfred Flegel	NDPD
Peter Florin	SED
Renate Fölsch	FDGB
Heinz Freier	SED
Peter Freyer	SED
Gisela Fuchs	DFD
Friedel Fuckel	DFD
Tamara Füßl	FDGB
Liesbeth Füßler	DBD
Otto Funke	SED
Uwe Gajewski	FDJ
Dieter Gaudian	SED
Petra Gentz	SED
Manfred Gerlach	LDPD
Joachim-Ernst Gierspeck	LDPD
Grete Glawe	FDGB
Gerda Göbel	CDU
Beate Göhring	FDGB
Gerald Götting	CDU	Deputy President of the People's Chamber
Ernst Goldenbaum	DBD
Alfred Grandke	LDPD
Günther Grewe	CDU
Ines Grosche	CDU
Irmgard Groschupf	NDPD
Manfred Grossmann	LDPD
Erich Grützner	SED
Silvia Grützner	FDJ
Manfred Grund	LDPD
Klaus Gysi	KB
Ralf Haase	FDJ
Susanne Häber	DBD
Helge Häger	SED
Hans Härtel	FDJ
Anita Häußler	SED
Kurt Hager	SED
Erika Hahn	LDPD
Eva Hahn	DFD	from 1984 parliamentary group leader under the name Rohmann
Ruth Hahn	DFD
Walter Halbritter	SED
Wolfram Haller	CDU
Gero Hammer	NDPD
Emmi Handke	DFD
George Handrick	SED
Hans-Joachim Hanisch	LDPD
Brunhilde Hanke	SED
Martin Hanke	SED
Siegfried Hanusch	FDGB
Gertrud Hartmann	DBD
Günter Hartmann	NDPD
Walter Hartung	NDPD
Hannelore Hauschild	DFD
Thea Hauschild	SED
Werner Heilemann	FDGB
Horst Heinrich	NDPD
Horst Heintze	FDGB
Gabriele Heinze	FDGB
Günther Heinze	FDGB
Gerda Heller	LDPD
Leonhard Helmschrott	DBD
Horst Hempel	LDPD
Egon Hengelhaupt	FDGB
Karlheinz Hengst	NDPD
Waltraut Hennig	LDPD
Johannes Herda	CDU
Wolfgang Herger	FDJ
Joachim Herrmann	SED
Hans-Joachim Hertwig	SED
Edith Herzig	DBD
Hans-Joachim Heusinger	LDPD
Wolfgang Heyl	CDU
Silvia Hinrichs	FDJ
Elke Hinz	FDJ
Wolfgang Hinz	DBD
Heino Hinze	KB
Annelotte Hochhaus	DFD
Martina Hönicke	FDGB
Rudolf Höppner	FDGB
Ruth Höwe	DBD
Anni Hoffmann	SED
Hans-Joachim Hoffmann	KB
Heinz Hoffmann	SED	deceased on December 2, 1985
Erna Hofmann	FDGB
Heinz Hofmann	KB
Christa Hojer	CDU
Witho Holland	LDPD
Gerhard Holtz-Baumert	KB
Heinrich Homann	NDPD
Erich Honecker	SED
Margot Honecker	SED
Horst Hornung	FDGB	deceased on September 17, 1982
Heinz Hoßfeld	FDGB
Claus Howitz	DBD
Claus-Jürgen Huch	NDPD
Max Hübner	FDGB
Thomas Hübner	FDJ
Helga Isenberg	LDPD
Barbara Jacob	FDGB
Brunhild Jaeger	SED
Karl Jänecke	LDPD
Günther Jahn	SED
Werner Jarowinsky	SED
Christa Jauch	LDPD
Hans Jendretzky	FDGB
Hertha Jung	DFD
Wolfgang Junker	SED
Ingeborg Kachel	FDGB
Erich Kärger	DBD
Susanne Kahlert	DFD
Elfi Kaiser	CDU
Siegfried Kaiser	FDGB
Werner Kaiser	NDPD
Hermann Kalb	CDU
Eberhard Kallenbach	NDPD
Werner Kalweit	SED
Hermann Kant	KB
Werner Karwath	CDU
Christa Kauhold	CDU
Karl Kayser	KB
Willi Keindorf	SED
Katharina Kern	DFD	deceased on April 16, 1985
Doris Kersten	DFD
Heinz Keßler	SED
Bruno Kiesler	SED
Annelis Kimmel	FDGB
Friedrich Kind	CDU
Werner Kirchhoff	SED
Franz Kirchner	CDU
Ruth Kirsch	SED
Helmtraut Klara	DFD
Günther Kleiber	SED
Helmut Klein	SED
Volker Klemm	NDPD
Gottfried Klepel	CDU
Eveline Klett	DFD
Wilfried Klöser	FDGB
Lucie Knobloch	DBD
Claus-Dieter Knöfler	LDPD
Heinz Knorr	NDPD
Hans Koch	KB
Ursula Köckritz	DFD
Lothar Köhler	LDPD
Karin König	NDPD
Erwin Körber	DBD
Ingrid Körner	FDGB
Willi-Peter Konzok	LDPD	1983 resigned as a member of the Executive Committee deceased on July 26, 1984
Michael Koplanski	DBD
Erhard Krack	SED
Edda Kramer	DFD
Ewald Kramer	CDU
Heinz Kratkey	NDPD	on June 15, 1984, resignation confirmed
Gerhard Krause	FDGB
Marika Krause	NDPD
Rosemarie Krautzig	CDU
Marion Krebs	FDJ
Egon Krenz	FDJ
Walter Kresse	SED
Horst Kreter	NDPD
Waldemar Kreutzberger	NDPD
Adolf Kriesche	SED
Herbert Kroker	SED	on December 3, 1982, confirmed the desired termination of the mandate
Werner Krolikowski	SED
Eleonore Kucharczyk	DBD
Hermann Kühne	DBD
Heinz Kuhrig	SED
Traude Kunz	SED
Silvia Kunze	FDGB
Ingrid Kurzke	SED
Helga Labs	FDJ
Ingeburg Lange	SED
Renate Lausch	SED
Ursula Lebelt	DBD
Hendry Lehmann	FDGB
Wolfgang Lesser	KB
Hermann Liefländer	LDPD
Gustav Liepack	SED
Gerhard Lindner	LDPD
Elke Löbl	FDGB
Siegfried Löffler	CDU
Christa Löhn	DFD
Johannes Löhn	LDPD
Rainer Lösekann	LDPD
Erhard Lonscher	NDPD
Siegfried Lorenz	SED
Werner Lorenz	KB
Werner Lorenz	CDU
Werner Lüder	NDPD
Birgit Lüdtke	FDJ
Martin Maassen	LDPD
Günter Mähl	NDPD
Günther Maleuda	DBD
Mechthild Marchewka	CDU
Joachim Matysiak	FDJ
Ernst Mecklenburg	DBD
Ludwig Mecklinger	SED
Peter Mederake	NDPD	on June 15, 1984, for Rep. Kratkey moved up
Felix Meier	SED
Heinrich Meier	NDPD
Jürgen Meißner	DBD
Werner Mennicke	SED
Else Merke	DBD
Sieglinde Metten	LDPD
Gottfried Meyer	CDU
Erich Mielke	SED
Gerhard-Peter Mielke	NDPD
Günter Mittag	SED
Hartmut Mitzenheim	CDU
Hans Modrow	SED
Hans-Dietrich Möller	NDPD
Ute Mohrmann	KB
Günter Morge	LDPD	deceased on January 21, 1984
Helga Mucke-Wittbrodt	DFD
Helga Mudra	LDPD	on June 15, 1984, for Rep. Moved up tomorrow
Erich Mückenberger	SED
Manfred Mühlmann	NDPD
Anita Müller	FDGB
Gerhard Müller	SED
Günter Müller	FDGB
Inge Müller	DFD
Margarete Müller	SED
Uta Müller	FDJ
Harald Naumann	CDU
Konrad Naumann	SED
Wolfgang Naumann	NDPD
Gudrun Nause	DFD
Heinz Nerlich	NDPD
Christian Neubert	FDGB	on December 3, 1982, for Rep. Hornung moved up
Heinz Neukrantz	FDGB
Alfred Neumann	SED
Anni Neumann	FDGB
Gisela Neumann	DFD
Hannelore Neumann	FDGB
Karlheinz Niedermeier	FDGB
Adolf Niggemeier	CDU
Ramona Nique	FDJ
Rolf Noack	DBD
Walter Nörenberg	LDPD
Friedrich Otto	NDPD
Engelbert Pade	FDGB
Walter Parey	FDGB
Monika Paroch	FDGB
Marga Paulitschke	DFD
Elisabeth Pech	DBD
Heike Pemsel	CDU
Barbara Petzold	FDJ
Friedrich Pfaffenbach	NDPD
Ludwig Pfeiffer	NDPD
Alfons Piatkowski	DBD
Waldemar Pilz	SED
Alois Pisnik	SED
Gundel Plaul	SD
Rolf Poche	SED
Gerhard Pohl	CDU
Manfred Poneß	LDPD
Eberhard Poppe	KB
Rudolf Porschitz	NDPD
Alois Proksch	CDU
Margot Pschebizin	FDGB
Sieglinde Puttrich-Gurth	LDPD
Bernhard Quandt	SED
Detlef Radke	FDGB
Klaus Rank	DBD
Helga Rateitzak	FDGB
Wolfgang Rauchfuss	SED
Cornelia Rauer	FDJ
Ursula Raurin-Kutzner	CDU
Birgit Rauschenbach	FDJ
Eberhard Rebling	KB
Horst Rehtanz	FDGB
Hans Reichelt	DBD
Ute Reiher	FDGB
Manfred Rentsch	NDPD
Edith Reumuth	NDPD
Ilona Richter	SED
Hans-Joachim Riebow	SED	on December 3, 1982, for Rep. Kroker moved up
Brunhilde Rienecker	DFD
Hans Rietz	DBD
Renate Ritter	DBD
Ilse Rodenberg	NDPD
Alfred Rohde	SED
Fritz Rösel	FDGB
Wolfgang Rösser	NDPD
Doris Röwer	FDJ
Ulrike Rommel	NDPD
Karla Rose	CDU
Harald Rost	SED
Rudi Rothe	DBD
Anneliese Sälzler	KB
Franz-Josef Salbreiter	CDU
Gertrud Sasse	LDPD
Günter Schabowski	SED
Thomas Schauer	FDJ
Werner Scheler	KB
Gregor Schirmer	KB
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher	DFD
Gabriele Schleis	FDJ
Volker Schliebe	NDPD
Ursula Schlosser	DFD
Anneliese Schmidt	DFD
Christine Schmidt	LDPD	on November 30, 1984, for Rep. Konzok moved up
Gerhard Schmidt	DBD
Burkhard Schneeweiß	CDU
Dorothea Schneider	CDU
Ilse Schneider	LDPD
Roland Schneider	FDGB
Horst Schönfelder	CDU
Gerhard Scholz	FDGB
Paul Scholz	DBD
Walter Scholz	SED
Max Schreiber	FDGB
Sigrid Schröder	SED
Ingeborg Schubert	DFD
Manfred Schubert	SED
Winfried Schubert	FDJ
Gerhard Schürer	SED
Gisela Schütt	DFD
Karl-Heinz Schulmeister	KB
Joachim Schultz	NDPD
Rudolph Schulze	CDU
Horst Schumann	SED
Gustav-Adolf Schur	SED
Peter Schwartze	KB	on December 3, 1982, for Rep. Abusch moved up
Ekkehard Schweitzer	NDPD
Max Sefrin	CDU
Evelyn Seidemann	FDGB
Werner Seifert	DBD
Max Seydewitz	SED
Günter Sieber	SED
Rosemarie Sievert	LDPD
Käte Sima Niederkirchner	SED
Hans-Heinrich Simon	NDPD
Lothar Simon	LDPD
Horst Sindermann	SED	President of the People's Chamber
Willi Sitte	KB
Günther Skrzypek	SED
Werner Skunde	DBD
Ilona Slupianek	FDJ
Reinhard Sommer	FDGB
Ullrich Sommer	LDPD
Klaus Sorgenicht	SED
Roland Spiegel	SED
Gerhard Springer	LDPD
Joachim Srock	SED	on December 3, 1982, for Rep. Verner moved up
Siegfried Stabe	SED
Gerd Staegemann	NDPD
Otfried Steger	SED
Karl-Hermann Steinberg	CDU
Helmut Steinbrück	LDPD
Manfred Steiner	DBD
Wilfried Stern	NDPD
Albert Stief	SED
Willi Stoph	SED
Paul Strauß	SED
Hans Stubbe	KB	Member until 1984
Reinhold Tannhäuser	LDPD	on November 30, 1984, for Rep. Werthmann moved up
Renate Tappert	DFD
Kirsten Tennert	FDJ
Ilse Thiele	DFD
Kurt Thieme	SED
Wolfgang Thieme	CDU
Klaus-Dieter Thiemes	DBD
Lieselotte Thoms-Heinrich	DFD
Hans-Manfred Thurm	CDU
Kurt Tiedke	SED
Edeltraud Timm	FDJ
Ernst Timm	SED
Harry Tisch	SED
Johanna Töpfer	FDGB
Heinrich Toeplitz	CDU
Hannelore Tomaschek	CDU
Gottfried Torbicki	NDPD
Harry Trumpold	LDPD
Fritz Tschetschorke	DBD
Andreas Uhlig	FDJ
Thomas Ullner	FDJ
Dietrich Unangst	NDPD
Johannes Unger	FDGB
Rolf Unger	LDPD
Paul Verner	SED
Waldemar Verner	SED	passed away on February 15, 1982
Ursula Völkner	DFD
Ellen Voigt	FDGB
Dietrich Voigtberger	CDU
Sabine Voigtländer	FDJ
Marion Vorwerk	FDJ
Rudolf Wabersich	DBD
Manfred Wahls	CDU
Werner Walde	SED
Hans Waldmann	SED
Rosel Walther	NDPD
Horst Wambutt	SED
Albert Wappler	FDGB
Hans Watzek	DBD
Wolfgang Weichelt	SED
Werner Weichenhain	LDPD
Johannes Weidauer	NDPD
Margot Weilert	SED
Gerhard Weiss	SED	deceased on January 7, 1986
Wilhelm Weißgärber	DBD
Herbert Weiz	SED
Christine Weller	DFD	on July 4, 1985, for Dept. core moved up
Gert Wendelborn	CDU
Karl-Heinz Werner	DBD
Monika Werner	SED
Harald Werthmann	LDPD	deceased on September 5, 1984
Gerolf Wetzel	DBD
Ruth Weyh	LDPD
Günter Wiedemann	LDPD
Gerda Wiefel	SED
Hans Wiesner	SED
Christine Wieynk	CDU
Karin-Christiane Wilhelm	CDU
Richard O. Wilhelm	LDPD
Herbert Willem	SED
Hans-Joachim Willerding	FDJ
Hanna Wolf	LDPD
Manfred Wolf	FDGB
Karin Wolff	FDJ
Lothar Wolter	LDPD
Dieter-Gerhardt Worm	CDU
Werner Wünschmann	CDU
Henry Zahlten	FDGB
Gisela Zepp	DFD
Herbert Ziegenhahn	SED
Heinz Ziegner	SED
Brigitte Zenert	DBD
Johannes Zillig	CDU
Hermann Zweigler	LDPD

Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de:Liste der Mitglieder der Volkskammer der DDR (8. Wahlperiode); see its history for attribution.