Second Grotewohl cabinet

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Second cabinet of Otto Grotewohl
Cabinet Grotewohl II
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Date formed8 November 1950 (1950-11-08)
Date dissolved19 November 1954 (1954-11-19)
People and organisations
Head of government Otto Grotewohl
No. of ministers15
History
Predecessor Grotewohl I
Successor Grotewohl III

At the inaugural meeting of the Volkskammer on 8 November 1950, Otto Grotewohl was elected Prime Minister. At the same time, the law on the government of the German Democratic Republic was approved and thus given a structure. Grotewohl presented his government at the 2nd meeting of the People's Chamber on 15 November 1950. Among them were 4 state secretaries with their own portfolio, whose secretariats were set up by resolution at the 1st government meeting, which took place before the 2nd Volkskammer conference. At the 2nd government meeting on November 16, 1950, the respective state secretaries of the ministries were appointed by resolution. Among the 21 ministers and almost 30 state secretaries were 13 candidates and members of the Central Committee of the SED, including 4 members of the Politburo. The block parties were represented by a total of 9 ministers and 8 state secretaries, with the CDU alone providing 4 ministers. The DBD was the only block party that did not provide a deputy prime minister at the beginning of the government period. The following overview lists the ministers and state secretaries of the GDR government at the beginning of the government period.

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Ministries

The government consisted of: [1]

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Minister-President of the German Democratic Republic 16 November 195019 November 1954  SED
Deputy Minister-President of the German Democratic Republic 16 November 195019 November 1954  SED
Deputy Minister-President of the German Democratic Republic 16 November 195019 November 1954  CDU
Deputy Minister-President of the German Democratic Republic 16 November 195019 November 1954  SED
Deputy Minister-President of the German Democratic Republic 16 November 195019 November 1954  LDPD
Deputy Minister-President of the German Democratic Republic 16 November 195019 November 1954  National Democratic Party of Germany (DDR)
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry16 November 195019 November 1954  DBD
Ministry of Construction16 November 195019 November 1954  National Democratic Party of Germany (DDR)
Ministry of Finance16 November 195019 November 1954  LDPD
Ministry of Foreign Affairs16 November 195019 November 1954  CDU
Ministry for Inner-German Trade, Foreign Trade and Material Supply16 November 19501952  SED
195219 November 1954  SED
Ministry of Heavy Industry16 November 195019 November 1954  SED
Ministry of the Interior16 November 195019 November 1954  SED
Ministry of Justice16 November 195019 November 1954  SED
Ministry of Labor16 November 195019 November 1954  SED
Ministry of Light Industry16 November 195019 November 1954  National Democratic Party of Germany (DDR)
Ministry of Mechanical Engineering16 November 195019 December 1952  SED
Ministry for Post and Telecommunications16 November 195019 November 1954  CDU
Ministry of Public Education16 November 195019 November 1954  SED
Minister of State Security 16 November 195019 November 1954  SED
Ministry of Trade and Supply16 November 195019 November 1954  LDPD
Ministry of Transport16 November 195019 November 1954  Independent
Ministry of Health16 November 195019 November 1954  CDU

Committees

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Chairman of the State Planning Commission16 November 195019 November 1954  SED

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