Draft:5th Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic

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5th Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic
File:Federal Archives Image 183-R0430-0305A, Willi Stoph.jpg
Formation1967-07-14
Extinction1971-11-26
Judicial branch
Seat
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The 5th Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic was in office from July 14, 1967 to November 26, 1971.

On July 13, 1967, the newly formed Council of Ministers of the GDR met for its constituent meeting. At the suggestion of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Willi Stoph, the Council of Ministers decided to form the Presidium, which included the Chairman, twelve Deputy Chairmen, the Minister of Finance Siegfried Böhm and the Chairman of the Agriculture Council Georg Ewald.[1]

Members of the Council of Ministers[2][edit]

Amt Name Political party Secretary of State Political party
Chairman of the Council of Ministers [de] Willi Stoph SED Rudolf Rost [de]
SED
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers [de] Alfred Neumann from June 26, 1968
Horst Sindermann[3] from May 14, 1971 		SED
SED
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers [de] Alexander Abusch
Julius Balkow
Kurt Fichtner [de]
Manfred Flegel [de]
Wolfgang Rauchfuß
Gerhard Schürer
Max Sefrin
Werner Titel [de]
Gerhard Weiss [de]
Herbert Weiz
Kurt Wunsch [de]
Günther Kleiber from June 24, 1971 		SED
SED
SED
NDPD
SED
SED
CDU
DBD
SED
SED
LDPD
SED
Ministry for Foreign Affairs (East Germany) Otto Winzer[4] SED Günter Kohrt [de] SED
Minister of the Interior [de] Friedrich Dickel[5] SED Herbert Grünstein [de] SED
Ministry of National Defence Heinz Hoffmann SED
Ministry of Finance (East Germany) [Minister of Finance] Siegfried Böhm[6] SED Horst Kaminsky [de] SED
Ministry of National Education (East Germany) [de] Margot Honecker SED Werner Lorenz SED
Minister of Culture [de] Klaus Gysi SED Horst Brasch [de] SIT
Chairman of the State Planning Commission Gerhard Schürer[7] SED
Ministry of Materials Management [de] Alfred Neumann until June 26, 1968
Erich Haase		 SED

SED

Minister of Primary Industries [de] Klaus Siebold SED Wolfgang Mitzinger [de] (ab 1968) SED
Ministry of Ore Mining, Metallurgy and Potash [Ministry of Ore Mining and Metallurgy; Ministerium_für_Erzbergbau,_Metallurgie_und_Kali] Kurt Singhuber [de] SED Otto Menzel SED
Ministry of Chemical Industry [de] Günther Wyschofsky[8] SED Karl-Heinz Schäfer (until 1969)
Karl Kaiser (from 1969)
SED
SED
Ministry of Electrical Engineering and Electronics [de] Otfried Steger [de] SED Karl Nendel [de] SED
Minister for Heavy Machinery and Plant Engineering [de] Gerhard Zimmermann SED Hans Frenzel [de] SED
Minister for Processing Machinery and Vehicle Construction [de] Rudi George [de] SED Walter Böhme [de] SED
Ministry of Light Industry Johann Wittik [de] SED Karl Bettin [de] SED
Minister of District Managed and Food Industry [de] Erhard Krack[9] SED Udo-Dieter Wange [de] SED
Ministry of Science and Technology [de] Günter Prey [de] SED Klaus Stubenrauch [de] (from 1969) SED
Minister of Trade and Supply [de] Günter Sieber SED Kurt Lemke [de]
Kurt Bernheier [de] (ab 1968)		 SED
SED
Minister of Construction [de] Wolfgang Junker SED Karl Schmiechen [de] SED
Ministry for Inner German Trade, Foreign Trade and Material Supply [Minister for Foreign Trade] Horst Sölle [de] SED Dieter Albrecht [Dieter Albrecht]
Horst Scholtz [de] (until 1969)
Gerhard Beil (from 1969)
SED
SED
SED
Chairman of the Committee of the Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Inspektion_(DDR) Heinz Matthes (politician, 1927) [de] SED
Minister of Health [de] Max Sefrin[10][11][12] CDU Michael Gehring [de] († 1969)
 SED
Minister of Justice [de] Kurt Wünsche LDPD Hans Ranke [de] SIT
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications [de] Rudolph Schulze [de] CDU Richard Serinek [de] SED
Minister of Transport [de] Erwin Kramer until December 14, 1970
Otto Arndt		 SED Heino Weiprecht [de] SED
Chairman of the Agriculture Council Georg Ewald SED
Ministry of State Security Erich Mielke[13] SED
Ministry of Higher and Technical Education Ernst-Joachim Gießmann [de] until September 16, 1970
Hans-Joachim Böhme		 SED Günter Bernhardt [de] (ab 1967)
Hans-Joachim Böhme (ab 1968)
SED
SED
Ministry for Guidance and Control of District and County Councils [de] Fritz Scharfenstein [de] SED
Head of the Office of Prizes Walter Halbritter SED

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Constituent Meeting of the Council of Ministers. In: Neue Zeit, July 15, 1967, pp. 1 and 2.
  2. ^ Konstituierende Sitzung des Ministerrates. In: Neue Zeit, 15. Juli 1967, S. 1 u. 2.
  3. ^ "Digitale Bibliothek - Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum". daten.digitale-sammlungen.de. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  4. ^ ZEIT (Archiv), D. I. E. (1963-12-13). "Otto Winzer". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  5. ^ Hertle, Hans-Hermann [de]. "The Fall of the Wall: The Unintended Dissolution of East Germany's Ruling Regime". Cold War International History Project Bulletin. No. 12–13. 2001. p. 164.
  6. ^ Ursula Hoffmann-Lange (1971). Die Veränderungen in der Sozialstruktur des Ministerrates der DDR: 1949-1969 (in German). Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag. pp. 54, 60. ISBN 978-3-7700-0281-8.
  7. ^ Olaf Opitz und Wolfgang Stock (as interviewers); Gerhard Schürer (as interviewee) (15 November 1999). "Honecker hat auf Pump gelebt: Der Ex-Chef der Plankommission Gerhard Schürer beschreibt, wie die SED-Mächtigen sehenden Auges die DDR wirtschaftlich ruinierten". Focus (online). Retrieved 8 June 2016. {{cite web}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ Andreas Herbst. "Löschau, Siegbert *13.12.1929 Minister für chemische Industrie" (in German). Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Erhard Krack". berlingeschichte.de (in German). 1998. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference ursu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Directory of East German Officials. Central Intelligence Agency. 1964. pp. 1, 95.
  12. ^ "Ludwig Mecklinger - Ein Buchdorfer als Minister für Gesundheitswesen in der DDR". Donau-Ries Aktuell (in German). 22 January 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Erich Mielke". The Guardian. 2000-05-27. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
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