Presidium of the Volkskammer

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The Presidium of the People's Chamber was a group of members of the People's Chamber responsible for conducting its activities.

1. Legislative Session (1950–1954)
2. Legislative Session (1954–1958)
3. Legislative Session (1958–1963)
4. Legislative Session (1963–1967)
5. Legislative Session (1967–1971)
7. Legislative Session (1971–1976)
8. Legislative Session (1976–1981)
8. Legislative Session (1981–1986)
9. Legislative Session (1986–1990)
First Presidium (1986–1989)
Second Presidium (1989–1990)
10. Legislative Session (1990)
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It consisted of representatives of parties and mass organizations, represented in the People's Chamber. The presidium was headed by the President of the People's Chamber.

1. Legislative Session (1950–1954)

President	Party
Johannes Dieckmann	LDPD
Vice Presidents	Party
Hermann Matern Gerald Götting Ernst Goldenbaum Heinrich Homann (to December 17, 1952) Vincenz Müller (from 1953)	SED CDU DBD NDPD NDPD
Members	Party/organization
Friedrich Ebert Jr. Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher Erich Geske (from 1953) Grete Groh-Kummerlöw	SED DFD SDA FDGB

2. Legislative Session (1954–1958)

President	Party
Johannes Dieckmann	LDPD
First Deputy President	Party
Hermann Matern	SED
Deputy Presidents	Party/organization
Friedrich Ebert Jr. Gerald Götting Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher Grete Groh-Kummerlöw	SED CDU DFD FDGB

3. Legislative Session (1958–1963)

President	Party
Johannes Dieckmann	LDPD
First Deputy President	Party
Hermann Matern	SED
Deputy Presidents	Party/organization
Friedrich Ebert Jr. August Bach Ernst Goldenbaum Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher Grete Groh-Kummerlöw	SED CDU DBD DFD FDGB

4. Legislative Session (1963–1967)

President	Party
Johannes Dieckmann	LDPD
Deputy President	Party
Hermann Matern	SED
Members	Party/organization
August Bach (died in 1966) Hermann Kalb [ de ] Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher Otto Gotschke Ernst Goldenbaum Grete Groh-Kummerlöw Jonny Löhr	CDU CDU DFD SED DBD FDGB NDPD

5. Legislative Session (1967–1971)

President	Party
Johannes Dieckmann (died on February 22, 1969) Gerald Götting (from May 12, 1969)	LDPD CDU
Deputy President	Party
Hermann Matern (died on January 24, 1971) Friedrich Ebert Jr. (from 1971)	SED
Members	Party/organization
Hermann Kalb [ de ] (to 1969) Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher Otto Gotschke Ernst Goldenbaum Grete Groh-Kummerlöw Margaret Müller Willi-Peter Konzok [ de ] (from 1969) Karl-Heinz Schulmeister [ de ] (from May 1969) Werner Engst [ de ] (from 1969)	CDU DFD SED DBD FDGB SED LDPD KB FDJ

7. Legislative Session (1971–1976)

President	Party
Gerald Götting	CDU
Deputy President	Party
Friedrich Ebert Jr.	SED
Members	Party/organization
Erich Mückenberger Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher Heinz Eichler Karl-Heinz Schulmeister [ de ] Egon Krenz Ernst Goldenbaum Willi-Peter Konzok [ de ] Margarete Müller Wolfgang Rösser [ de ]	SED DFD SED KB FDJ DBD LDPD FDGB NDPD

8. Legislative Session (1976–1981)

President	Party
Horst Sindermann	SED
Deputy President	Party
Friedrich Ebert Jr. (died on December 4, 1979) Gerald Götting (elected on July 3, 1980)	SED CDU
Members	Party/organization
Wolfgang Heyl Erich Mückenberger Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher Heinz Eichler Karl-Heinz Schulmeister [ de ] Willi-Peter Konzok [ de ] Wolfgang Rösser [ de ] Egon Krenz Hans Rietz Johanna Töpfer	CDU SED DFD SED KB LDPD NDPD FD DBD FDGB

8. Legislative Session (1981–1986)

President	Party
Horst Sindermann	SED
Deputy President	Party
Gerald Götting	CSU
Members	Party/organization
Willi-Peter Konzuk [ de ] Rudolf Agsten [ de ] (from 1983) Wolfgang Heyl Erich Mückenberger Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher Heinz Eichler Karl-Heinz Schulmeister [ de ] Ernst Mecklenburg Rudi Rothe (from 1982) Werner Heilemann [ de ] Eberhard Aurich Wolfgang Rösser [ de ]	LDPD LDPD CDU SED DFD SED KB DBD DBD FDGB FDJ NDPD

9. Legislative Session (1986–1990)

First Presidium (1986–1989)

President	Party
Horst Sindermann	SED
Deputy President	Party
Gerald Götting	CDU
Members	Party/organization
Rudolf Agsten [ de ] Heinz Eichler Günther Hartmann Werner Heilemann [ de ] Wolfgang Heyl Günther Maleuda Erich Mückenberger Manfred Scheler [ de ] Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher Karl-Heinz Schulmeister [ de ] Volker Voigt [ de ]	LDPD SED NDPD FDGB CDU DBD SED VdgB DFD KB FDJ

Second Presidium (1989–1990)

President	Party
Günther Maleuda	DBD
Deputy President	Party
Werner Jarowinsky (November 1989 – January 1990) Käte Niederkirchner (from January 11, 1990)	SED (to November 16, 1989) SED-PDS (from November 16, 1989) SED-PDS (to February 4, 1990) PDS (from February 4, 1990)
Members	Party/organization
Heinz Eichler Günther Hartmann Wolfgang Heyl (to November 16, 1989) Adolf Niggemeier [ de ] (from November 17, 1989) Michael Koplanski [ de ] Käte Niederkirchner (to January 11, 1990) Heinz Albrecht [ de ] (from January 11, 1990) Hans-Dieter Raspe [ de ] Christel Bednareck (to January 11, 1990) Siegfried Hanusch [ de ] (from January 11, 1990) Eva Rohmann Manfred Scheler [ de ] Karl-Heinz Schulmeister [ de ] Cornelia Wolfram	SED NDPD CDU CDU DBD SED SED LDPD FDGB FDGB DFD VdgB KB FDJ

10. Legislative Session (1990)

President	Party
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl	CDU
Deputy Presidents	Party
Reinhard Höppner Käte Niederkirchner Stefan Gottschall [ de ] Jürgen Schmieder Wolfgang Ullmann Dieter Helm	SPD PDS DSU BFD B90 DBD
Members	Party
Dagmar Enkelmann Juliane Grehn Eberhard Goldhahn Martin Gutzeit [ de ] Frank Heltzig [ de ] Paul Krüger [ de ] Dieter Hoffmann Susanne Seils [ de ] Harald-Dietrich Kühne [ de ] Conrad-Michael Lehnert Bernd Meier Lothar Piche [ de ] Matthias Platzeck Stefanie Rehm [ de ]	PDS CDU CDU SPD SPD CDU BFD SPD CDU BFD PDS DSU B90/DG CDU

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