List of leaders of administrative divisions of East Germany

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This article lists the leaders of administrative divisions of East Germany , officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; German : Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR). GDR was a country that existed from 1949 to 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. [1]

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Lander of the GDR, in red. Deutschland Bundeslaender 1949.png
Länder of the GDR, in red.

Until 1952, [2] GDR was divided into 5 states (German : Länder), from north to south: Mecklenburg, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia.

Bezirke of the GDR, with their capitals in red. DDR Verwaltungsbezirke farbig.svg
Bezirke of the GDR, with their capitals in red.

From 1952 until 1990, [2] GDR was divided into 14 Regions (German : Bezirke), each named after their capitals, from north to south: Rostock, Neubrandenburg, Schwerin, Potsdam, Frankfurt, Magdeburg, Cottbus, Halle, Leipzig, Erfurt, Dresden, Karl-Marx-Stadt (named Chemnitz until the 1953 Karl Marx Year [3] ), Gera and Suhl.

Due to its special status, East Berlin (German : Ost-Berlin) was originally not counted as a Bezirk. In 1961, after the Berlin Crisis of 1961 and the construction of the Berlin Wall, East Berlin came to be recognised in GDR administration as the Bezirk Berlin, though it retained a special status until the adoption of the revised 1968 Constitution. [4]

Officeholders

   Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
   Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
   Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD)
   German Democratic Party (DDP)
   Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
   Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)

States (Länder)

Mecklenburg

Location of Mecklenburg within the GDR. GDR location map Oct1949 - Jul1952 MV.svg
Location of Mecklenburg within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 MoltmannCarl.jpg Carl Moltmann
(1884–1960)
21 April 19469 December 1949
1 Kurt Burger (cropped).jpg Kurt Bürger
(1894–1951)
21 April 194628 July 1951
2 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76246-0014, Berlin, Staatsratsmitglied Karl Mewis.jpg Karl Mewis
(1907–1987)
28 July 19511 August 1952
State leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
President of the State Administration
1 Wilhelm Hocker (1949).jpg Wilhelm Höcker
(1886–1955)
9 July 194531 July 1945 SPD
President
1 Wilhelm Hocker (1949).jpg Wilhelm Höcker
(1886–1955)
31 July 19459 December 1946 SPD
(until 1946)
SED
(until 1946)
Ministers-President
1 Wilhelm Hocker (1949).jpg Wilhelm Höcker
(1886–1955)
9 December 194620 July 1951 SED
2 Kurt Burger (cropped).jpg Kurt Bürger
(1894–1951)
20 July 195128 July 1951† SED
3 Bernhard Quandt (cropped).jpg Bernhard Quandt
(1903–1999)
24 August 195123 July 1952 SED

Brandenburg

Location of Brandenburg within the GDR. GDR location map Oct1949 - Jul1952 BB.svg
Location of Brandenburg within the GDR.
Party leader
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 No image.png Willy Sägebrecht
(1904–1981)
21 April 194623 July 1952
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-83285-0029, Friedrich Ebert.jpg Friedrich Ebert Jr.
(1894–1979)
21 April 19464 December 1948
2 No image.png Paul Bismark
(1888–1951)
4 December 19482 December 1949
State leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
President of the Provisional Administration
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-10279-0001, Karl Steinhoff.jpg Karl Steinhoff
(1892–1981)
4 July 194520 December 1946 SPD
Ministers-President
2 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-10279-0001, Karl Steinhoff.jpg Karl Steinhoff
(1892–1981)
20 December 19465 December 1949 SPD
(until 1946)
SED
(until 1946)
2 Rudolf Jahn (cropped).jpg Rudolf Jahn
(1906–1990)
5 December 194923 July 1952 SED

Saxony-Anhalt

Location of Saxony-Anhalt within the GDR. GDR location map Oct1949 - Jul1952 ST.svg
Location of Saxony-Anhalt within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-83285-0007, Bernhard Koenen.jpg Bernard Koenen
(1889–1964)
7 April 19461 August 1952
1 Bruno Bottge (von Foto A 1033).jpg Bruno Böttge
(1891–1967)
7 April 19464 December 1948
2 Werner Bruschke.jpg Werner Bruschke
(1898–1995)
4 December 19481949
State leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Ministers-President
1 Hubener F1 0461.jpg Erhard Hübener
(1881–1952)
20 July 194513 August 1949 LDPD
2 Werner Bruschke.jpg Werner Bruschke
(1898–1995)
13 August 194923 July 1952 SED

Saxony

Location of Saxony within the GDR. GDR location map Oct1949 - Jul1952 SN.svg
Location of Saxony within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-11886-0010, Berlin, Ausserordentliche Volkskammersitzung (cropped).jpg Wilhelm Koenen
(1886–1963)
21 April 19464 December 1948
2 Fotothek df pk 0000305 011 Pfingsten 1947.jpg Otto Buchwitz
(1879–1964)
21 April 19464 December 1948
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-20628-0096, Erfurt, SED-Parteiaktivtagung, Erich Muckenberger.jpg Erich Mückenberger
(1910–1998)
4 December 19489 December 1949
4 Fotothek df roe-neg 0006033 001 Portrat Ernst Lohagen darkened.jpg Ernst Lohagen
(1897–1971)
4 December 194827 June 1952
5 Fotothek df roe-neg 0006345 010 Karl Schirdewan.jpg Karl Schirdewan
(1907–1998)
27 June 1952July 1952
State leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Ministers-President
1 Fotothek df ps 0000062 Bildnisse - Portrats ^ Politiker.jpg Rudolf Friedrichs
(1892–1947)
1 July 194513 June 1947† SPD
(until 1946)
SED
(until 1946)
2 Fotothek df roe-neg 0006033 005 Portrat Max Seydewitz.jpg Max Seydewitz
(1892–1987)
31 July 194723 July 1952 SED

Thuringia

Location of Thuringia within the GDR. GDR location map Oct1949 - Jul1952 TH.svg
Location of Thuringia within the GDR.
Thuringia SED building Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S84104, Weimar, Haus der Landesleitung der SED.jpg
Thuringia SED building
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 No image.png Heinrich Hoffmann
(1899–1979)
7 April 194616 December 1949
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-19000-3828, Werner Eggerath.jpg Werner Eggerath
(1900–1977)
7 April 19466 September 1947
2 No image.png Erich Ernst Kops
(1905–1961)
6 September 194716 December 1949
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-20628-0096, Erfurt, SED-Parteiaktivtagung, Erich Muckenberger.jpg Erich Mückenberger
(1910–1998)
16 December 194926 July 1952
State leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Leader of the State Administration
1 No image.png Rudolf Paul
(1893–1978)
16 July 19454 December 1946 DDP
(until 1946)
SED
(until 1946)
Ministers-President
1 No image.png Rudolf Paul
(1893–1978)
4 December 19461 September 1947 SED
2 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-19000-3828, Werner Eggerath.jpg Werner Eggerath
(1900–1977) [a]
2 September 194723 July 1952 SED

Regions (Bezirke)

Rostock

Location of Bezirk Rostock within the GDR. District of Rostock in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Rostock within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76246-0014, Berlin, Staatsratsmitglied Karl Mewis.jpg Karl Mewis
(1907–1987)
1 August 1952 21 July 1961
(promoted to Chairman of the State Planning Commission)
2 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1983-0321-416, Harry Tisch.jpg Harry Tisch
(1927–1995)
21 July 196129 April 1975
(transferred to Free German Trade Union Federation)
3 No image.png Ernst Timm
(1926–2005)
29 April 1975 12 November 1989
(deposed)
4 No image.png Ulrich Peck
(born 1948)
12 November 1989January 1990
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 No image.png Erhard Holweger
(1911–1976)
19521952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 No image.png Erhard Holweger
(1911–1976)
August 19526 August 1952 SED
2 No image.png Hans Warnke
(1896–1984)
August 1952May 1959 SED
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1983-0321-416, Harry Tisch.jpg Harry Tisch
(1927–1995)
May 1959July 1961 SED
4 No image.png Karl Deuscher
(1917–1993)
July 1961June 1969 SED
5 No image.png Willy Marlow
(1928–2007)
June 1969February 1986 SED
6 No image.png Eberhard Kühl
(born 1936)
February 1986December 1989 SED
7 No image.png Götz Kreuer
(born 1940)
December 19891990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 No image.png Hans-Joachim Kalendrusch
(born 1939)
June 19902 October 1990 CDU

Neubrandenburg

Location of Bezirk Neubrandenburg within the GDR. District of Neubrandenburg in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Neubrandenburg within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 No image.png Willi Wiebershausen
(1917–1960)
September 1952August 1953
2 No image.png Max Steffen
(1909–1988)
September 1953October 1960
(deposed and demoted)
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L0813-0017, LPG Lowenberg, Besuch durch Georg Ewald.jpg Georg Ewald
(1926–1973)
October 1960 16 February 1963
(transferred to Council of Ministers)
4 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1988-0718-435, Johannes Chemnitzer.jpg Johannes Chemnitzer
(1929–2021)
16 February 196314 November 1989
(deposed)
5 No image.png Wolfgang Herrmann
(born 1939)
14 November 198911 December 1989
6 No image.png Jürgen Zelm
(born 1953)
11 December 19893 March 1990
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 No image.png Wilhelm Steudte
(1897–1973)
19521952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 No image.png Wilhelm Steudte
(1897–1973)
August 1952December 1953 SED
2 Fotothek df pk 0000308 023 Pfingsten 1947.jpg Hans Jendretzky
(1897–1992)
December 1953February 1957 SED
3 No image.png Horst Brasch
(1922–1989)
1957May 1959 SED
4 No image.png Kurt Guter
(1921–2001)
May 1959July 1962 SED
5 No image.png Lothar Geissler
(born 1927)
July 1962February 1967 SED
6 No image.png Adolf Garling
(born 1925)
February 1967March 1972 SED
7 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L0619-0027, LPG Dedelow, Besuch durch sowjetischen Botschafter.jpg Gottfried Sperling
(1921–1991)
April 1972November 1977 SED
8 No image.png Heinz Simkowski
(1931–2008)
November 1977January 1990 SED
No image.png Wolfgang Otto
(born 1947)
Acting Chairman
January 1990June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Martin Brick (cropped).jpg Martin Brick
(born 1939)
June 19902 October 1990 CDU

Schwerin

Location of Bezirk Schwerin within the GDR. District of Schwerin in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Schwerin within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bernhard Quandt (cropped).jpg Bernhard Quandt
(1903–1999)
1 August 1952 28 January 1974
(deposed and demoted to Committee of Antifascist Resistance Fighters)
2 No image.png Heinz Ziegner
(1928–2015)
28 January 1974 3 November 1989
(deposed)
3 No image.png Hans-Jürgen Audehm
(born 1940)
3 November 1989December 1989
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 No image.png Wilhelm Bick
(1903–1980)
19521952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 No image.png Wilhelm Bick
(1903–1980)
August 1952June 1958 SED
2 No image.png Josef Stadler
(1906–1984)
June 1958July 1960 SED
3 No image.png Michael Grieb
(1921–2003)
July 1960April 1968 SED
4 No image.png Rudi Fleck
(1930–2012)
April 19688 December 1989 SED
No image.png Siegfried Hempelt
(born 1931)
Acting Chairman
December 1989June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 No image.png Georg Diederich
(born 1949)
June 19902 October 1990 CDU

Potsdam

Location of Bezirk Potsdam within the GDR. District of Potsdam in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Potsdam within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-F0421-0204-001, Kurt Seibt.jpg Kurt Seibt
(1908–2002)
1 August 1952April 1956
(transferred to study at the CPSU Higher Party School "W. I. Lenin")
No image.png Eduard Götzl
(1921–1986)
Acting
April 1956September 1957
(resumed his role as secretary for economic affairs)
(1) Bundesarchiv Bild 183-F0421-0204-001, Kurt Seibt.jpg Kurt Seibt
(1908–2002)
September 19573 June 1964
(transferred to Council of Ministers)
2 No image.png Werner Wittig
(1926–1976)
3 June 1964 8 January 1976†
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-M0928-0043, Berlin, Gunther Jahn im Gesprach (cropped).jpg Günther Jahn
(1930–2015)
23 January 1976 15 November 1989
(resigned)
4 No image.png Heinz Vietze
(born 1947)
15 November 1989February 1990
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 No image.png Curt Wach
(1906–1974)
1 August 19528 August 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 No image.png Curt Wach
(1906–1974)
8 August 1952January 1953 SED
2 No image.png Josef Stadler
(1906–1984)
April 1953February 1957 SED
3 No image.png Herbert Rutschke
(1905–1978)
February 1957June 1960 SED
4 No image.png Franz Peplinski
(1910–1991)
June 1960December 1962 SED
5 No image.png Herbert Puchert
(1914–1997)
January 1963May 1971 SED
6 No image.png Günter Pappenheim
(born 1925)
May 1971February 1974 SED
7 No image.png Werner Eidner
(born 1923)
February 1974June 1977 SED
8 No image.png Herbert Tzschoppe
(born 1927)
June 1977June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Jochen Wolf.jpg Jochen Wolf
(1941–2022)
June 19902 October 1990 SPD

Frankfurt

Location of Bezirk Frankfurt within the GDR. District of Frankfurt in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Frankfurt within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-Z0218-38, Gerhard Gruneberg.jpg Gerhard Grüneberg
(1921–1981)
1 August 1952 February 1958
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
2 No image.png Eduard Götzl
(1921–1986)
April 1958 2 August 1961
(deposed and demoted)
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-20628-0096, Erfurt, SED-Parteiaktivtagung, Erich Muckenberger.jpg Erich Mückenberger
(1910–1996)
2 August 196122 May 1971
(transferred to Central Party Control Commission)
4 No image.png Hans-Joachim Hertwig
(1928–1988)
22 May 197128 August 1988†
5 No image.png Christa Zellmer
(1930–2002)
3 November 1988 11 November 1989
(resigned)
6 No image.png Bernd Meier
(1944–2005)
15 November 1989February 1990
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 No image.png Franz Peplinski
(1910–1991)
1 August 19528 August 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 No image.png Franz Peplinski
(1910–1991)
8 August 1952September 1956 SED
2 No image.png Günter Springer
(1922–2013)
November 1956June 1960 SED
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-0922-300, Hans Albrecht.jpg Hans Albrecht
(1919–2008)
August 1960March 1963 SED
4 No image.png Harry Mönch
(born 1925)
March 1963May 1969 SED
5 No image.png Siegfried Sommer
(1925–2003)
May 1969November 1989 SED
6 No image.png Gundolf Baust
(1941–2004)
20 November 1989June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 16-03-10-Britta-Stark RR27079.jpg Britta Schellin
(born 1963)
June 19902 October 1990 SPD

Magdeburg

Location of Bezirk Magdeburg within the GDR. District of Magdeburg in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Magdeburg within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-56841-0003, Alois Pisnik.jpg Alois Pisnik
(1911–2004)
1 August 195211 February 1979
(deposed)
2 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1982-1102-302, Kurt Tiedke.jpg Kurt Tiedke
(1924–2015)
11 February 1979 22 June 1983
(transferred to "Karl Marx" Party Academy)
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1986-0724-400, Werner Eberlein.jpg Werner Eberlein
(1919–2002)
22 June 1983 12 November 1989
(transferred to Central Party Control Commission)
4 No image.png Wolfgang Pohl
(born 1940)
12 November 1989December 1989
5 No image.png Manfred Dunkel December 1989February 1990
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 No image.png Josef Hegen
(1907–1969)
19521952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 No image.png Josef Hegen
(1907–1969)
August 1952June 1953 SED
2 No image.png Paul Hentschel
(1913–1959)
June 195320 November 1959 SED
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-12190-0009, Berlin, Ausserordentliche Volkskammersitzung.jpg Bruno Kiesler
(1925–2011)
Acting Chairman
19571958 SED
3 No image.png Kurt Ranke
(1920–1999)
September 1960June 1985 SED
4 No image.png Siegfried Grünwald
(born 1938)
September 1985June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 No image.png Wolfgang Braun
(1939–2016)
11 June 19902 October 1990 CDU

Cottbus

Location of Bezirk Cottbus within the GDR. District of Cottbus in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Cottbus within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 No image.png Franz Bruk
(1923–1996)
1 August 1952August 1953
2 No image.png Albert Stief
(1920–1998)
August 1953May 1969
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-0628-043, Werner Walde (cropped).jpg Werner Walde
(1926–2010)
1 June 1969 9 November 1989
4 No image.png Wolfgang Thiel
(born 1948)
9 November 19891990
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 No image.png Werner Manneberg
(1923–2000)
1 August 195211 August 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 No image.png Werner Manneberg
(1923–2000)
11 August 1952June 1959 SED
2 No image.png Heinz Krüger
(1919–2015)
July 1959February 1962 SED
No image.png Rudolf Müller
(1911–af. 1985)
Acting Chairman
19621962 SED
3 No image.png Hans Schmidt
(1915–1995)
June 1962May 1971 SED
4 No image.png Irma Uschkamp
(1929–2014)
May 1971April 1989 SED
5 No image.png Peter Siegesmund
(born 1940)
June 1989June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 KAS-Herzberg-Bild-15197-1.jpg Karl-Heinz Kretschmer
(born 1948)
June 19902 October 1990 CDU

Halle

Location of Bezirk Halle within the GDR. District of Halle in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Halle within the GDR.
Former Bezirk Halle SED building, still known today as "Cafe Bohme" in local vernacular, in May 2006 Bezirksleitung-Halle.jpg
Former Bezirk Halle SED building, still known today as "Café Böhme" in local vernacular, in May 2006
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-83285-0007, Bernhard Koenen.jpg Bernard Koenen
(1889–1964)
August 19521953
(appointed Ambassador to Czechoslovakia)
2 No image.png Heinz Glaser
(1920–1980)
1953September 1954
(transferred to Bezirk Gera)
3 No image.png Franz Bruk
(1923–1996)
September 1954April 1958
(demoted to secretary for agitation and propaganda)
(1) Bundesarchiv Bild 183-83285-0007, Bernhard Koenen.jpg Bernard Koenen
(1889–1964)
April 1958February 1963
(retired)
4 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-M1030-0315, Horst Sindermann.jpg Horst Sindermann
(1915–1990)
February 196322 May 1971
(promoted to First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers)
5 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1982-1124-019, Werner Felfe.jpg Werner Felfe
(1928–1988)
22 May 1971 5 May 1981
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
6 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1986-0424-409, Hans-Joachim Bohme.jpg Hans-Joachim Böhme
(1929–2012)
5 May 1981 9 November 1989
(deposed)
7 Roland Claus.jpg Roland Claus
(born 1954)
9 November 1989February 1990
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 Werner Bruschke.jpg Werner Bruschke
(1898–1995)
19521952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Werner Bruschke.jpg Werner Bruschke
(1898–1995)
August 1952November 1954 SED
2 No image.png Helmut Becker
(1917–1998)
December 1954June 1958 SED
3 No image.png Otto Leopold
(1901–1975)
July 1958March 1966 SED
4 No image.png Helmut Klapproth
(1928–2011)
May 1966February 1984 SED
5 No image.png Alfred Kolodniak
(born 1931)
February 1984January 1990 SED
6 No image.png Wolfgang Süss
(born 1934)
January 1990June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 No image.png Klaus Keitel
(born 1939)
June 19902 October 1990 CDU

Leipzig

Location of Bezirk Leipzig within the GDR. District of Leipzig in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Leipzig within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Fotothek df roe-neg 0006345 010 Karl Schirdewan.jpg Karl Schirdewan
(1907–1998)
July 1952December 1952
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
2 Fotothek df roe-neg 0006258 029 Portrat von Paul Frohlich, 1. Sekretar der SED-K.jpg Paul Fröhlich
(1913–1970)
January 1953 19 September 1970†
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-83285-0003, Ernst Schumann.jpg Horst Schumann
(1924–1993)
21 November 1970 5 November 1989
(retired)
4 No image.png Roland Wötzel
(born 1938)
5 November 1989February 1990
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 No image.png Karl Adolphs
(1904–1989)
August 1952March 1959 SED
2 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76246-0010, Berlin, Staatsratsmitglied Erich Grutzner.jpg Erich Grützner
(1910–2001)
April 1959February 1974 SED
3 No image.png Rolf Opitz
(1929–2006)
February 1974December 1989 SED
4 No image.png Joachim Draber
(born 1939)
December 1989June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 No image.png Rudolf Krause
(born 1939)
June 19902 October 1990 CDU

Erfurt

Location of Bezirk Erfurt within the GDR. District of Erfurt in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Erfurt within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-20628-0096, Erfurt, SED-Parteiaktivtagung, Erich Muckenberger.jpg Erich Mückenberger
(1910–1998)
26 July 1952July 1953
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
2 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-57000-0728, Berlin, V. SED-Parteitag, Grosskundgebung.jpg Hans Kiefert
(1905–1966)
August 1953February 1957
(transferred to East Berlin)
3 No image.png Hermann Fischer
(1911–1967)
February 195727 June 1958
(demoted)
4 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-U0209-302, Alois Brautigam.jpg Alois Bräutigam
(1916–2007)
27 June 1958 11 April 1980
(deposed and demoted to People's Solidarity)
5 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-1016-039, Kombinat Umformtechnik Erfurt, Gerhard Muller.jpg Gerhard Müller
(1928–2020)
11 April 1980 11 November 1989
(deposed)
6 No image.png Herbert Kroker
(born 1929)
11 November 1989December 1989
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 No image.png Willy Gebhardt
(1901–1973)
26 July 19521 August 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 No image.png Willy Gebhardt
(1901–1973)
1 August 19529 October 1962 SED
2 No image.png Richard Gothe
(1928–1985)
9 October 196217 January 1985 SED
No image.png Horst Lang
(born 1938)
Acting Chairman
17 January 19855 March 1985 SED
3 No image.png Arthur Swatek
(1932–1990)
6 March 19854 February 1990 SED
No image.png Horst Lang
(born 1938)
Acting Chairman
5 February 19908 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-1014-304, Gotha, Landtagswahl, Josef Duchac.jpg Josef Duchac
(born 1938)
8 June 19902 October 1990 CDU

Dresden

Location of Bezirk Dresden within the GDR. District of Dresden in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Dresden within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 No image.png Hans Riesner
(1902–1976)
August 1952February 1957
2 No image.png Fritz Reuter
(1911–2000)
February 1957May 1960
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1983-0506-026, Werner Krolikowski.jpg Werner Krolikowski
(1928–2016)
May 19603 October 1973
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
4 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-1117-019, Hans Modrow.jpg Hans Modrow
(1928–2023)
3 October 1973 14 November 1989
(promoted to Chairman of the Council of Ministers)
5 No image.png Hans-Joachim Hahn
(born 1934)
15 November 1989January 1990
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Rudolf Jahn (cropped).jpg Rudolf Jahn
(1906–1990)
August 1952November 1958 SED
2 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-58779-0006, Dresden, 9. CDU-Parteitag, Weidauer, Jahn cropped to highlight WW.jpg Walter Weidauer
(1899–1986)
December 1958January 1961 SED
3 No image.png Günter Witteck
(born 1928)
February 1961March 1963 SED
4 No image.png Manfred Scheler
(1929–2014)
March 1963July 1982 SED
(3) No image.png Günter Witteck
(born 1928)
July 1982December 1989 SED
5 No image.png Wolfgang Sieber
(1934–2017)
December 1989February 1990 SED
6 No image.png Michael Kunze
(born 1944)
February 1990June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 No image.png Siegfried Ballschuh June 19902 October 1990 CDU

Karl-Marx-Stadt

Location of Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt within the GDR. District of Karl-Marx-Stadt in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-73766-0019, FDGB-Kunst- und Literaturpreis an Hans-Jurgen Steinmann.jpg Walter Buchheim
(1904–1979)
July 1952October 1959
(transferred to Free German Trade Union Federation)
2 No image.png Rolf Weihs
(1920–2000)
January 1960February 1963
(deposed and demoted)
3 Karl-Marx-Stadt, Bezirksdelegiertenkonferenz der SED 1971.jpg Paul Roscher
(1913–1993)
February 1963March 1976
4 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1986-0520-411, Siegfried Lorenz.jpg Siegfried Lorenz
(born 1930)
March 197611 November 1989
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
5 No image.png Norbert Kertscher
(born 1954)
11 November 19891990
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairman of the Bezirk Council
1 No image.png Max Müller
(1899–1977)
August 1952March 1960 SED
2 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1982-1124-019, Werner Felfe.jpg Werner Felfe
(1928–1988)
March 1960September 1963 SED
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L1031-0032, Bei Schweinsburg-Culten, Eisenbahnungluck, Hilfe fur Verletzte.jpg Heinz Arnold
(1920–2000)
1963January 1981 SED
4 No image.png Lothar Fichtner
(born 1934)
February 1981June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 No image.png Albrecht Buttolo
(born 1947)
11 June 19902 October 1990 CDU

Gera

Location of Bezirk Gera within the GDR. District of Gera in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Gera within the GDR.
Former Bezirk Gera SED building in March 2012 Gera Amthorstrasse 11 2012 2.jpg
Former Bezirk Gera SED building in March 2012
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-59474-0001, Dorndorf, Kaliwerk "Einheit, Elektrowerkstatt, Bergarbeiter.jpg Otto Funke
(1915–1999)
26 July 19521955
(transferred to Bezirk Suhl)
2 No image.png Heinz Glaser
(1920–1980)
1955August 1959
(deposed)
3 Karl-Marx-Stadt, Bezirksdelegiertenkonferenz der SED 1971.jpg Paul Roscher
(1913–1993)
September 195914 February 1963
(transferred to Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt)
4 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1985-0826-035, Herbert Ziegenhahn.jpg Herbert Ziegenhahn
(1921–1993)
14 February 1963 2 November 1989
(deposed)
5 No image.png Erich Postler
(born 1940)
2 November 1989December 1989
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 No image.png Lydia Poser
(1909–1984)
26 July 19521 August 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 No image.png Lydia Poser
(1909–1984)
1 August 195214 October 1959 SED
2 No image.png Albert Wettengel
(1921–2004)
14 October 195919 May 1965 SED
3 No image.png Horst Wenzel
(1914–1974) [b]
20 May 196528 March 1973 SED
4 No image.png Rudolf Bahmann
(1929–1977)
28 March 197319 September 1977 SED
No image.png Joachim Mittasch
Acting Chairman
20 September 19778 December 1977 SED
5 No image.png Karl-Heinz Fleischer
(1932–2008)
9 December 197730 May 1983 SED
6 No image.png Werner Ulbrich
(1928–1999)
30 May 19839 January 1990 SED
7 No image.png Helmut Luck
(born 1930) [c]
10 January 19908 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 No image.png Peter Lindlau 8 June 19902 October 1990 CDU

Suhl

Location of Bezirk Suhl within the GDR. District of Suhl in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of Bezirk Suhl within the GDR.
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 No image.png Adolf Färber
(1912–1987)
26 July 1952August 1954
2 No image.png Kurt Schneidewind
(1912–1983)
November 1954September 1956
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-59474-0001, Dorndorf, Kaliwerk "Einheit, Elektrowerkstatt, Bergarbeiter.jpg Otto Funke
(1915–1997)
September 195615 August 1968
(deposed and demoted to Committee of Antifascist Resistance Fighters)
4 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-0922-300, Hans Albrecht.jpg Hans Albrecht
(1919–2008)
15 August 1968 2 November 1989
(deposed)
5 No image.png Peter Pechauf
(born 1941)
2 November 1989February 1990
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 No image.png Fritz Sattler
(1896–1964)
26 July 19521 August 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 No image.png Fritz Sattler
(1896–1964)
1 August 195229 November 1958 SED
2 No image.png Wilhelm Behnke
(1914–1975)
29 November 195826 July 1967 SED
3 No image.png Arnold Zimmermann
(1922–2015)
26 July 196716 May 1990 SED
No image.png Helmuth Vierling
(born 1945)
Acting Chairman
16 May 19908 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 KAS-Ulbrich, Werner-Bild-32874-2.jpg Werner Ulbrich
(born 1939)
8 June 19902 October 1990 CDU

SDAG Wismut

Locations of Wismut in Saxony and Thuringia Wismut location map.jpg
Locations of Wismut in Saxony and Thuringia
Former SDAG Wismut SED building in Chemnitz in August 2008 Chemnitz Wismut Unternehmenszentrale 01.JPG
Former SDAG Wismut SED building in Chemnitz in August 2008
General Director
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
General Director of SDAG Wismut
1 No image.png Wassilij Sobko ? ?
2 No image.png Semjon Nikolajewitsch Woloschtschuk
(1911–?)
19611986
3 No image.png Horst Bellmann
(1949–2012)
19861989
4 No image.png Horst Richter
(1938–)
19891 January 1991
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 No image.png Kurt Böhme
(1913–1991)
October 1947March 1951
(deposed)
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1986-0617-031, Horst Dohlus.jpg Horst Dohlus
(1925–2007)
Acting
March 1951October 1951
2 No image.png Günter Röder October 1951December 1954
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-F0417-0205-001, Alois Brautigam.jpg Alois Bräutigam
(1916–2007)
December 1954 June 1958
(transferred to Bezirk Erfurt)
4 No image.png Rolf Weihs
(1920–2000)
June 195824 March 1960
(transferred to Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt)
5 No image.png Kurt Kieß
(1914–1970)
24 March 1960 30 December 1970†
6 No image.png Alfred Rohde
(1921–1990)
5 February 1971 12 November 1989
(deposed)
7 No image.png Heinz Freitag
(1936–2002)
12 November 19897 December 1989
(party organization dissolved)

East Berlin

Location of East Berlin within the GDR. District of Berlin in German Democratic Republic.svg
Location of East Berlin within the GDR.
Boroughs of East Berlin (1987). EastBerlinBoroughs.png
Boroughs of East Berlin (1987).
Map of East Berlin (1989). Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-0524-017, Berlin, Bezirke in Ost-Berlin (Grafik).jpg
Map of East Berlin (1989).
Party leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Fotothek df ps 0000063 Bildnisse - Portrats ^ Politiker.jpg Hermann Matern
(1893–1971)
21 April 194618 October 1948
(transferred to Central Party Control Commission)
2 Fotothek df pk 0000308 023 Pfingsten 1947.jpg Hans Jendretzky
(1897–1992)
18 October 1948August 1953
(deposed and demoted)
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1984-0426-34, Alfred Neumann.jpg Alfred Neumann
(1909–2001)
August 1953February 1957
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
4 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-57000-0728, Berlin, V. SED-Parteitag, Grosskundgebung.jpg Hans Kiefert
(1905–1966)
February 1957February 1959
(deposed and demoted)
5 Paul Verner.jpg Paul Verner
(1905–1986)
February 195926 November 1971
(promoted within Central Committee Secretariat)
6 Treptov-Park. K. Nauman, M. Sorokin, A. Dorofeev na vozlolzhenii. 1982 cropped to highlght Konrad Naumann.JPG Konrad Naumann
(1929–1992)
26 November 1971 22 November 1985
(deposed)
7 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1982-0504-421, Gunter Schabowski.jpg Günter Schabowski
(1929–2015)
22 November 198510 November 1989
(promoted within Central Committee Secretariat)
8 No image.png Heinz Albrecht
(born 1935)
10 November 198911 February 1990
Government leaders
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePolitical party
Lord Mayors
1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-83285-0029, Friedrich Ebert.jpg Friedrich Ebert Jr.
(1894–1979) [d]
30 November 19485 July 1967 SED
2 Herbert Fechner.jpg Herbert Fechner
(1913–1998)
5 July 196711 February 1974 SED
3 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-1028-040, Berlin, 750-Jahr-Feier, Stadtverordnetenversammlung (cropped).jpg Erhard Krack
(1931–2000)
11 February 197415 February 1990 SED
(until 1989)
PDS
(from 1989)
No image.png Hannelore Mensch
(born 1937)
Acting Lord Mayor
[Acting for Krack]
January 19791980 SED
No image.png Ingrid Pankraz
(born 1948)
Acting Lord Mayor
15 February 199023 February 1990 PDS
4 No image.png Christian Hartenhauer
(born 1948)
23 February 199030 May 1990 PDS
5 Tino Schwierzina (cropped2).jpg Tino Schwierzina
(1927–2003)
30 May 199011 January 1991 SDP
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0713-309, Thomas Kruger.jpg Thomas Krüger
(born 1959)
Acting Lord Mayor
11 January 199124 January 1991 SDP

See also

Notes

  1. Acting to 8 October 1947.
  2. Acting to 8 November 1965.
  3. Acting from 1 June 1990.
  4. Provisional to 17 October 1954.

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