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6th Council of Ministers of the GDR
Cabinet of the German Democratic Republic
Date formed	29 November 1971 (1971-11-29)
Date dissolved	1 November 1976 (1976-11-01)
People and organisations
Head of government	Willi Stoph (until 1973) Horst Sindermann (from 1973)
No. of ministers	22
History
Predecessor	5th Council of Ministers
Successor	7th Council of Ministers

The government was in office from November 29, 1971, to November 1, 1976.

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of East Germany	Willi Stoph	29 November 1971	October 3, 1973		SED
	Horst Sindermann	October 3, 1973	1 November 1976		SED
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers
	Günter Mittag Alfred Neumann	October 3, 1973	1 November 1976		SED
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Alexander Abusch Kurt Fichtner until February 14, 1974 Manfred Flegel Wolfgang Rauchfuß Gerhard Schürer Rudolph Schulze Werner Titel † December 25, 1971 Hans Reichelt from March 9, 1972 Gerhard Weiss Herbert Weiz Kurt Wünsche until October 16, 1972 Hans-Joachim Heusinger from October 16, 1972 Günther Kleiber	29 November 1971	February 14, 1974		SED
	Manfred Flegel	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		SED
	[Wolfgang Rauchfuß]]	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		LDPD
	Gerhard Schürer	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		CDU
	Rudolph Schulze	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		NDPD
	Werner Titel	29 November 1971	December 25, 1971		DBD
	Hans Reichelt	from March 9, 1972	1 November 1976		SED
Ministry of Construction	Wolfgang Junker	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		SED
Ministry of Finance	Siegfried Böhm	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		SED
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Otto Winzer	29 November 1971	January 20, 1975		NDPD
	Oskar Fischer	January 20, 1975	1 November 1976		NDPD
Ministry of the Interior	Friedrich Dickel	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		SED
Ministry of Justice	Hilde Benjamin	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		SED
Ministry for Post and Telecommunications	Rudolph Schulze	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		CDU
Ministry of Public Education	Margot Honecker	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		SED
Minister of State Security	Erich Mielke	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		SED
Minister for Foreign Trade	Julius Balkow	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		SED
Ministry of Transport	Erwin Kramer	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		SED
Ministry of Health	Max Sefrin	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		CDU

Committees

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Chairman of the State Planning Commission	Erich Apel	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		SED
Chairman of the People's Economic Council	Alfred Neumann	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		SED
Chairman of the Agricultural Council	Georg Ewald	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		SED
Chairman of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection	Heinz Matthes	29 November 1971	1 November 1976		SED

Office	Name	Party
Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Willi Stoph until October 3, 1973 Horst Sindermann	SED SED
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Horst Sindermann until October 3, 1973 Günter Mittag from October 3, 1973 Alfred Neumann	SED SED SED
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Kurt Fichtner until February 14, 1974 Manfred Flegel Wolfgang Rauchfuß Gerhard Schürer Rudolph Schulze Werner Titel † December 25, 1971 Hans Reichelt from March 9, 1972 Gerhard Weiss Herbert Weiz Kurt Wünsche until October 16, 1972 Hans-Joachim Heusinger from October 16, 1972 Günther Kleiber	SED NDPD SED SED CDU DBD DBD SED SED LDPD LDPD SED
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Otto Winzer until January 20, 1975 Oskar Fischer	SED SED
Minister of the Interior	Friedrich Dickel	SED
Minister of Defense	Heinz Hoffmann	SED
Minister of Finance	Siegfried Böhm	SED
Minister of People's Education	Margot Honecker	SED
Minister of Culture	Klaus Gysi until January 31, 1973 Hans-Joachim Hoffmann	SED
Chairman of the State Planning Commission	Gerhard Schürer	SED
Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission	Kurt Fichtner from February 14, 1974	SED
Minister for Basic Industry	Klaus Siebold	SED
Minister for Material Management	Manfred Flegel until February 14, 1974 Wolfgang Rauchfuß	NDPD SED
Minister for Ore Mining and Metallurgy	Kurt Singhuber	SED
Minister for Chemical Industry	Günther Wyschofsky	SED
Minister for Electrical Engineering and Electronics	Otfried Steger	SED
Minister for Heavy Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing	Gerhard Zimmermann	SED
Minister for Processing Machinery and Vehicle Manufacturing	Rudi Georgi	SED
Minister for Light Industry	Johann Wittik until November 22, 1972 Karl Bettin	SED
Minister for District-led and Food Industry	Erhard Krack until February 14, 1974 Udo-Dieter Wange	SED
Minister for Science and Technology	Günter Prey until February 14, 1974 Herbert Weiz	SED
Minister for Trade and Supply	Günter Sieber until November 22, 1972 Gerhard Briksa	SED
Minister for Construction	Wolfgang Junker	SED
Minister for Foreign Trade	Horst Sölle	SED
Chairman of the Committee for Workers' and Farmers' Inspection	Heinz Matthes	SED
Chairman of the State Contract Court	Manfred Flegel from February 14, 1974	NDPD
Minister for Health	Ludwig Mecklinger	SED
Minister for Justice	Kurt Wünsche until October 16, 1972 Hans-Joachim Heusinger	LDPD
Minister for Geology from July 1, 1974	Manfred Bochmann	SED
Minister for Post and Telecommunications	Rudolph Schulze	CDU
Minister for Transport	Otto Arndt	SED
Minister for Environmental Protection and Water Management	Werner Titel † December 25, 1971 Hans Reichelt	DBD DBD
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, and Foodstuffs	Georg Ewald † September 14, 1973 Heinz Kuhrig from October 3, 1973	SED
Minister for State Security	Erich Mielke	SED
Head of the State Central Administration for Statistics	Arno Donda	SED
Head of the Office for Prices	Walter Halbritter	SED