2nd Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic
Appearance
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Third cabinet of Otto Grotewohl Cabinet Grotewohl III | |
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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 |
The following overview lists the ministers and state secretaries of the GDR government at the beginning of the government period.
Ministries
[edit]The government consisted of:[1]
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Minister-President | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
First Deputy Minister-President | 24 November 1955 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
Deputy Minister-President | 19 November 1954 | 24 November 1955 | SED | ||
19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | CDU | |||
19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |||
19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | LDPD | |||
19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | NDPD | |||
19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | DBD | |||
19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |||
18 January 1956 | 13 February 1958 | SED | |||
24 November 1955 | 13 February 1958 | SED | |||
18 January 1956 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |||
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | 19 November 1954 | 19 March 1955 | DBD | ||
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | 20 March 1955 | 7 December 1958 | DBD | ||
Ministry of Construction | 19 November 1954 | 15 February 1958 | NDPD | ||
Ministry of Finance | 19 November 1954 | 24 November 1955 | LDPD | ||
24 November 1955 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |||
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | NDPD | ||
Ministry of Heavy Industry | 19 November 1954 | 24 November 1955 | SED | ||
Ministry of the Interior | 19 November 1954 | 12 August 1955 | SED | ||
12 August 1955 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |||
Ministry of Justice | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
Ministry for Labor and Vocational Training | 19 November 1954 | 15 February 1958 | SED | ||
Ministry of Light Industry | 19 November 1954 | 15 February 1958 | NDPD | ||
Ministry of Mechanical Engineering | 19 November 1954 | 15 April 1955 | SED | ||
Ministry for Post and Telecommunications | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | CDU | ||
Ministry of Public Education | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
Minister of State Security | 19 November 1954 | 31 October 1957 | SED | ||
11 December 1957 | 7 December 1958 | SED | |||
Ministry of Trade and Supply | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
Ministry of Transport | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
Ministry of Health | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | CDU |
Committees
[edit]Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Chairman of the State Planning Commission | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED | ||
State Secretary at the Committee for German Unity | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ministries, political parties, etc". rulers.org. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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.
Categories:
- Socialist Unity Party of Germany
- Defunct communist parties in Germany
- Political parties in East Germany
- Parties of one-party systems
- Political parties established in 1946
- Political parties disestablished in 1990
- Formerly ruling communist parties
- Eastern Bloc
- 1954 establishments in East Germany
- 1958 disestablishments in East Germany