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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]

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.

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

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  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)

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Mecklenburg

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Main article: Mecklenburg (1945–1952)
Location of Mecklenburg within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Carl Moltmann
(1884–1960)		 21 April 1946 9 December 1949
1 Kurt Bürger
(1894–1951)		 21 April 1946 28 July 1951
2 Karl Mewis
(1907–1987)		 28 July 1951 1 August 1952
State leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
President of the State Administration
1 Wilhelm Höcker
(1886–1955)		 9 July 1945 31 July 1945 SPD
President
1 Wilhelm Höcker
(1886–1955) 		31 July 1945 9 December 1946 SPD
(until 1946)
SED
(until 1946)
Ministers-President
1 Wilhelm Höcker
(1886–1955)		 9 December 1946 20 July 1951 SED
2 Kurt Bürger
(1894–1951)		 20 July 1951 28 July 1951† SED
3 Bernhard Quandt
(1903–1999)		 24 August 1951 23 July 1952 SED

Brandenburg

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Main article: Brandenburg (1945–1952)
Location of Brandenburg within the GDR.
Party leader
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Willy Sägebrecht
(1904–1981)		 21 April 1946 23 July 1952
1 Friedrich Ebert Jr.
(1894–1979)		 21 April 1946 4 December 1948
2 Paul Bismark
(1888–1951)		 4 December 1948 2 December 1949
State leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
President of the Provisional Administration
1 Karl Steinhoff
(1892–1981)		 4 July 1945 20 December 1946 SPD
Ministers-President
2 Karl Steinhoff
(1892–1981) 		20 December 1946 5 December 1949 SPD
(until 1946)
SED
(until 1946)
2 Rudolf Jahn
(1906–1990)		 5 December 1949 23 July 1952 SED

Saxony-Anhalt

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Main article: Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Location of Saxony-Anhalt within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bernard Koenen
(1889–1964)		 7 April 1946 1 August 1952
1 Bruno Böttge
(1891–1967)		 7 April 1946 4 December 1948
2 Werner Bruschke
(1898–1995)		 4 December 1948 1949
State leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Ministers-President
1 Erhard Hübener
(1881–1952)		 20 July 1945 13 August 1949 LDPD
2 Werner Bruschke
(1898–1995)		 13 August 1949 23 July 1952 SED

Saxony

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Main article: Saxony
Location of Saxony within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Wilhelm Koenen
(1886–1963)		 21 April 1946 4 December 1948
2 Otto Buchwitz
(1879–1964)		 21 April 1946 4 December 1948
3 Erich Mückenberger
(1910–1998)		 4 December 1948 9 December 1949
4 Ernst Lohagen
(1897–1971)		 4 December 1948 27 June 1952
5 Karl Schirdewan
(1907–1998)		 27 June 1952 July 1952
State leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Ministers-President
1 Rudolf Friedrichs
(1892–1947) 		1 July 1945 13 June 1947† SPD
(until 1946)
SED
(until 1946)
2 Max Seydewitz
(1892–1987)		 31 July 1947 23 July 1952 SED

Thuringia

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Main article: Thuringia
Location of Thuringia within the GDR.
Thuringia SED building
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Heinrich Hoffmann
(1899–1979)		 7 April 1946 16 December 1949
1 Werner Eggerath
(1900–1977)		 7 April 1946 6 September 1947
2 Erich Ernst Kops
(1905–1961)		 6 September 1947 16 December 1949
3 Erich Mückenberger
(1910–1998)		 16 December 1949 26 July 1952
State leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Leader of the State Administration
1 Rudolf Paul
(1893–1978) 		16 July 1945 4 December 1946 DDP
(until 1946)
SED
(until 1946)
Ministers-President
1 Rudolf Paul
(1893–1978)		 4 December 1946 1 September 1947 SED
2 Werner Eggerath
(1900–1977)[a]		 2 September 1947 23 July 1952 SED

Regions (Bezirke)

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Rostock

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Main articles: Bezirk Rostock, Kreis Bergen, and Kreis Putbus
Location of Bezirk Rostock within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Karl Mewis
(1907–1987)		 1 August 1952 21 July 1961
(promoted to Chairman of the State Planning Commission)
2 Harry Tisch
(1927–1995)		 21 July 1961 29 April 1975
(transferred to Free German Trade Union Federation)
3 Ernst Timm
(1926–2005)		 29 April 1975 12 November 1989
(deposed)
4 Ulrich Peck
(born 1948)		 12 November 1989 January 1990
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 Erhard Holweger
(1911–1976)		 1952 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Erhard Holweger
(1911–1976)		 August 1952 6 August 1952 SED
2 Hans Warnke
(1896–1984)		 August 1952 May 1959 SED
3 Harry Tisch
(1927–1995)		 May 1959 July 1961 SED
4 Karl Deuscher
(1917–1993)		 July 1961 June 1969 SED
5 Willy Marlow
(1928–2007)		 June 1969 February 1986 SED
6 Eberhard Kühl
(born 1936)		 February 1986 December 1989 SED
7 Götz Kreuer
(born 1940)		 December 1989 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Hans-Joachim Kalendrusch
(born 1939)		 June 1990 2 October 1990 CDU

Neubrandenburg

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Main article: Bezirk Neubrandenburg
Location of Bezirk Neubrandenburg within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Willi Wiebershausen
(1917–1960)		 September 1952 August 1953
2 Max Steffen
(1909–1988)		 September 1953 October 1960
(deposed and demoted)
3 Georg Ewald
(1926–1973)		 October 1960 16 February 1963
(transferred to Council of Ministers)
4 Johannes Chemnitzer
(1929–2021)		 16 February 1963 14 November 1989
(deposed)
5 Wolfgang Herrmann
(born 1939)		 14 November 1989 11 December 1989
6 Jürgen Zelm
(born 1953)		 11 December 1989 3 March 1990
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 Wilhelm Steudte
(1897–1973)		 1952 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Wilhelm Steudte
(1897–1973)		 August 1952 December 1953 SED
2 Hans Jendretzky
(1897–1992)		 December 1953 February 1957 SED
3 Horst Brasch
(1922–1989)		 1957 May 1959 SED
4 Kurt Guter
(1921–2001)		 May 1959 July 1962 SED
5 Lothar Geissler
(born 1927)		 July 1962 February 1967 SED
6 Adolf Garling
(born 1925)		 February 1967 March 1972 SED
7 Gottfried Sperling
(1921–1991)		 April 1972 November 1977 SED
8 Heinz Simkowski
(1931–2008)		 November 1977 January 1990 SED
— Wolfgang Otto
(born 1947)
Acting Chairman		 January 1990 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Martin Brick
(born 1939)		 June 1990 2 October 1990 CDU

Schwerin

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Main article: Bezirk Schwerin
Location of Bezirk Schwerin within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bernhard Quandt
(1903–1999)		 1 August 1952 28 January 1974
(deposed and demoted to Committee of Antifascist Resistance Fighters)
2 Heinz Ziegner
(1928–2015)		 28 January 1974 3 November 1989
(deposed)
3 Hans-Jürgen Audehm
(born 1940)		 3 November 1989 December 1989
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 Wilhelm Bick
(1903–1980)		 1952 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Wilhelm Bick
(1903–1980)		 August 1952 June 1958 SED
2 Josef Stadler
(1906–1984)		 June 1958 July 1960 SED
3 Michael Grieb
(1921–2003)		 July 1960 April 1968 SED
4 Rudi Fleck
(1930–2012)		 April 1968 8 December 1989 SED
— Siegfried Hempelt
(born 1931)
Acting Chairman		 December 1989 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Georg Diederich
(born 1949)		 June 1990 2 October 1990 CDU

Potsdam

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Main article: Bezirk Potsdam
Location of Bezirk Potsdam within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Kurt Seibt
(1908–2002)		 1 August 1952 April 1956
— Eduard Götzl
(1921–1986)
Acting		 April 1956 September 1957
(1) Kurt Seibt
(1908–2002)		 September 1957 3 June 1964
(transferred to Council of Ministers)
2 Werner Wittig
(1926–1976)		 3 June 1964 8 January 1976†
3 Günther Jahn
(1930–2015)		 23 January 1976 15 November 1989
(resigned)
4 Heinz Vietze
(born 1947)		 15 November 1989 February 1990
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 Curt Wach
(1906–1974)		 1 August 1952 8 August 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Curt Wach
(1906–1974)		 8 August 1952 January 1953 SED
2 Josef Stadler
(1906–1984)		 April 1953 February 1957 SED
3 Herbert Rutschke
(1905–1978)		 February 1957 June 1960 SED
4 Franz Peplinski
(1910–1991)		 June 1960 December 1962 SED
5 Herbert Puchert
(1914–1997)		 January 1963 May 1971 SED
6 Günter Pappenheim
(born 1925)		 May 1971 February 1974 SED
7 Werner Eidner
(born 1923)		 February 1974 June 1977 SED
8 Herbert Tzschoppe
(born 1927)		 June 1977 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Jochen Wolf
(1941–2022)		 June 1990 2 October 1990 SPD

Frankfurt

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Main article: Bezirk Frankfurt
Location of Bezirk Frankfurt within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Gerhard Grüneberg
(1921–1981)		 1 August 1952 February 1958
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
2 Eduard Götzl
(1921–1986)		 April 1958 2 August 1961
(deposed and demoted)
3 Erich Mückenberger
(1910–1996)		 2 August 1961 22 May 1971
(transferred to Central Party Control Commission)
4 Hans-Joachim Hertwig
(1928–1988)		 22 May 1971 28 August 1988†
5 Christa Zellmer
(1930–2002)		 3 November 1988 11 November 1989
(resigned)
6 Bernd Meier
(1944–2005)		 15 November 1989 February 1990
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 Franz Peplinski
(1910–1991)		 1 August 1952 8 August 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Franz Peplinski
(1910–1991)		 8 August 1952 September 1956 SED
2 Günter Springer
(1922–2013)		 November 1956 June 1960 SED
3 Hans Albrecht
(1919–2008)		 August 1960 March 1963 SED
4 Harry Mönch
(born 1925)		 March 1963 May 1969 SED
5 Siegfried Sommer
(1925–2003)		 May 1969 November 1989 SED
6 Gundolf Baust
(1941–2004)		 20 November 1989 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Britta Schellin
(born 1963)		 June 1990 2 October 1990 SPD

Magdeburg

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Main article: Bezirk Magdeburg
Location of Bezirk Magdeburg within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Alois Pisnik
(1911–2004)		 1 August 1952 11 February 1979
(deposed)
2 Kurt Tiedke
(1924–2015)		 11 February 1979 22 June 1983
(transferred to "Karl Marx" Party Academy)
3 Werner Eberlein
(1919–2002)		 22 June 1983 12 November 1989
(transferred to Central Party Control Commission)
4 Wolfgang Pohl
(born 1940)		 12 November 1989 December 1989
5 Manfred Dunkel December 1989 February 1990
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 Josef Hegen
(1907–1969)		 1952 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Josef Hegen
(1907–1969)		 August 1952 June 1953 SED
2 Paul Hentschel
(1913–1959)		 June 1953 20 November 1959 SED
— Bruno Kiesler
(1925–2011)
Acting Chairman		 1957 1958 SED
3 Kurt Ranke
(1920–1999)		 September 1960 June 1985 SED
4 Siegfried Grünwald
(born 1938)		 September 1985 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Wolfgang Braun
(1939–2016)		 11 June 1990 2 October 1990 CDU

Cottbus

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Main article: Bezirk Cottbus
Location of Bezirk Cottbus within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Franz Bruk
(1923–1996)		 1 August 1952 August 1953
2 Albert Stief
(1920–1998)		 August 1953 May 1969
3 Werner Walde
(1926–2010)		 1 June 1969 9 November 1989
4 Wolfgang Thiel
(born 1948)		 9 November 1989 1990
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 Werner Manneberg
(1923–2000)		 1 August 1952 11 August 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Werner Manneberg
(1923–2000)		 11 August 1952 June 1959 SED
2 Heinz Krüger
(1919–2015)		 July 1959 February 1962 SED
— Rudolf Müller
(1911–af. 1985)
Acting Chairman		 1962 1962 SED
3 Hans Schmidt
(1915–1995)		 June 1962 May 1971 SED
4 Irma Uschkamp
(1929–2014)		 May 1971 April 1989 SED
5 Peter Siegesmund
(born 1940)		 June 1989 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Karl-Heinz Kretschmer
(born 1948)		 June 1990 2 October 1990 CDU

Halle

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Main article: Bezirk Halle
Location of Bezirk Halle within the GDR.
Former Bezirk Halle SED building, still known today as "Café Böhme" in local vernacular, in May 2006
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Bernard Koenen
(1889–1964)		 August 1952 1953
2 Heinz Glaser
(1920–1980)		 1953 September 1954
3 Franz Bruk
(1923–1996)		 September 1954 April 1958
(1) Bernard Koenen
(1889–1964)		 April 1958 February 1963
(retired)
4 Horst Sindermann
(1915–1990)		 February 1963 22 May 1971
(promoted to First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers)
5 Werner Felfe
(1928–1988)		 22 May 1971 5 May 1981
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
6 Hans-Joachim Böhme
(1929–2012)		 5 May 1981 9 November 1989
(deposed)
7 Roland Claus
(born 1954)		 9 November 1989 February 1990
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 Werner Bruschke
(1898–1995)		 1952 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Werner Bruschke
(1898–1995)		 August 1952 November 1954 SED
2 Helmut Becker
(1917–1998)		 December 1954 June 1958 SED
3 Otto Leopold
(1901–1975)		 July 1958 March 1966 SED
4 Helmut Klapproth
(1928–2011)		 May 1966 February 1984 SED
5 Alfred Kolodniak
(born 1931)		 February 1984 January 1990 SED
6 Wolfgang Süss
(born 1934)		 January 1990 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Klaus Keitel
(born 1939)		 June 1990 2 October 1990 CDU

Leipzig

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Main article: Bezirk Leipzig
Location of Bezirk Leipzig within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Karl Schirdewan
(1907–1998)		 July 1952 December 1952
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
2 Paul Fröhlich
(1913–1970)		 January 1953 19 September 1970†
3 Horst Schumann
(1924–1993)		 21 November 1970 5 November 1989
(retired)
4 Roland Wötzel
(born 1938)		 5 November 1989 February 1990
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Karl Adolphs
(1904–1989)		 August 1952 March 1959 SED
2 Erich Grützner
(1910–2001)		 April 1959 February 1974 SED
3 Rolf Opitz
(1929–2006)		 February 1974 December 1989 SED
4 Joachim Draber
(born 1939)		 December 1989 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Rudolf Krause
(born 1939)		 June 1990 2 October 1990 CDU

Erfurt

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Main article: Bezirk Erfurt
Location of Bezirk Erfurt within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Erich Mückenberger
(1910–1998)		 26 July 1952 July 1953
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
2 Hans Kiefert
(1905–1966)		 August 1953 February 1957
(transferred to East Berlin)
3 Hermann Fischer
(1911–1967)		 February 1957 27 June 1958
(demoted)
4 Alois Bräutigam
(1916–2007)		 27 June 1958 11 April 1980
(deposed and demoted to People's Solidarity)
5 Gerhard Müller
(1928–2020)		 11 April 1980 11 November 1989
(deposed)
6 Herbert Kroker
(born 1929)		 11 November 1989 December 1989
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 Willy Gebhardt
(1901–1973)		 26 July 1952 1 August 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Willy Gebhardt
(1901–1973)		 1 August 1952 9 October 1962 SED
2 Richard Gothe
(1928–1985)		 9 October 1962 17 January 1985 SED
— Horst Lang
(born 1938)
Acting Chairman		 17 January 1985 5 March 1985 SED
3 Arthur Swatek
(1932–1990)		 6 March 1985 4 February 1990 SED
— Horst Lang
(born 1938)
Acting Chairman		 5 February 1990 8 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Josef Duchac
(born 1938)		 8 June 1990 2 October 1990 CDU

Dresden

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Main article: Bezirk Dresden
Location of Bezirk Dresden within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Hans Riesner
(1902–1976)		 August 1952 February 1957
2 Fritz Reuter
(1911–2000)		 February 1957 May 1960
3 Werner Krolikowski
(1928–2016)		 May 1960 3 October 1973
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
4 Hans Modrow
(1928–2023)		 3 October 1973 14 November 1989
(promoted to Chairman of the Council of Ministers)
5 Hans-Joachim Hahn
(born 1934)		 15 November 1989 January 1990
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Rudolf Jahn
(1906–1990)		 August 1952 November 1958 SED
2 Walter Weidauer
(1899–1986)		 December 1958 January 1961 SED
3 Günter Witteck
(born 1928)		 February 1961 March 1963 SED
4 Manfred Scheler
(1929–2014)		 March 1963 July 1982 SED
(3) Günter Witteck
(born 1928)		 July 1982 December 1989 SED
5 Wolfgang Sieber
(1934–2017)		 December 1989 February 1990 SED
6 Michael Kunze
(born 1944)		 February 1990 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Siegfried Ballschuh June 1990 2 October 1990 CDU

Karl-Marx-Stadt

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Main article: Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
Location of Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Walter Buchheim
(1904–1979)		 July 1952 October 1959
(transferred to Free German Trade Union Federation)
2 Rolf Weihs
(1920–2000)		 January 1960 February 1963
(deposed and demoted)
3 Paul Roscher
(1913–1993)		 February 1963 March 1976
4 Siegfried Lorenz
(born 1930)		 March 1976 11 November 1989
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
5 Norbert Kertscher
(born 1954)		 11 November 1989 1990
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairman of the Bezirk Council
1 Max Müller
(1899–1977)		 August 1952 March 1960 SED
2 Werner Felfe
(1928–1988)		 March 1960 September 1963 SED
3 Heinz Arnold
(1920–2000)		 1963 January 1981 SED
4 Lothar Fichtner
(born 1934)		 February 1981 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Albrecht Buttolo
(born 1947)		 11 June 1990 2 October 1990 CDU

Gera

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Main article: Bezirk Gera
Location of Bezirk Gera within the GDR.
Former Bezirk Gera SED building in March 2012
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Otto Funke
(1915–1999)		 26 July 1952 1955
(transferred to Bezirk Suhl)
2 Heinz Glaser
(1920–1980)		 1955 August 1959
(deposed)
3 Paul Roscher
(1913–1993)		 September 1959 14 February 1963
(transferred to Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt)
4 Herbert Ziegenhahn
(1921–1993)		 14 February 1963 2 November 1989
(deposed)
5 Erich Postler
(born 1940)		 2 November 1989 December 1989
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 Lydia Poser
(1909–1984)		 26 July 1952 1 August 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Lydia Poser
(1909–1984)		 1 August 1952 14 October 1959 SED
2 Albert Wettengel
(1921–2004)		 14 October 1959 19 May 1965 SED
3 Horst Wenzel
(1914–1974)[b]		 20 May 1965 28 March 1973 SED
4 Rudolf Bahmann
(1929–1977)		 28 March 1973 19 September 1977 SED
— Joachim Mittasch
Acting Chairman		 20 September 1977 8 December 1977 SED
5 Karl-Heinz Fleischer
(1932–2008)		 9 December 1977 30 May 1983 SED
6 Werner Ulbrich
(1928–1999)		 30 May 1983 9 January 1990 SED
7 Helmut Luck
(born 1930)[c]		 10 January 1990 8 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Peter Lindlau 8 June 1990 2 October 1990 CDU

Suhl

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Main article: Bezirk Suhl
Location of Bezirk Suhl within the GDR.
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Adolf Färber
(1912–1987)		 26 July 1952 August 1954
2 Kurt Schneidewind
(1912–1983)		 November 1954 September 1956
3 Otto Funke
(1915–1997)		 September 1956 15 August 1968
(deposed and demoted to Committee of Antifascist Resistance Fighters)
4 Hans Albrecht
(1919–2008)		 15 August 1968 2 November 1989
(deposed)
5 Peter Pechauf
(born 1941)		 2 November 1989 February 1990
Government leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Chairman of the Bezirk Commission
1 Fritz Sattler
(1896–1964)		 26 July 1952 1 August 1952 SED
Chairmen of the Bezirk Council
1 Fritz Sattler
(1896–1964)		 1 August 1952 29 November 1958 SED
2 Wilhelm Behnke
(1914–1975)		 29 November 1958 26 July 1967 SED
3 Arnold Zimmermann
(1922–2015)		 26 July 1967 16 May 1990 SED
— Helmuth Vierling
(born 1945)
Acting Chairman		 16 May 1990 8 June 1990 SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1 Werner Ulbrich
(born 1939)		 8 June 1990 2 October 1990 CDU

SDAG Wismut

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Main article: Wismut (company)
Locations of Wismut in Saxony and Thuringia
Former SDAG Wismut SED building in Chemnitz in August 2008
General Director
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
General Director of SDAG Wismut
1 Wassilij Sobko ? ?
2 Semjon Nikolajewitsch Woloschtschuk
(1911–?)		 1961 1986
3 Horst Bellmann
(1949–2012)		 1986 1989
4 Horst Richter
(1938–)		 1989 1 January 1991
Party leaders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Kurt Böhme
(1913–1991)		 October 1947 March 1951
(deposed)
— Horst Dohlus
(1925–2007)
Acting		 March 1951 October 1951
2 Günter Röder October 1951 December 1954
3 Alois Bräutigam
(1916–2007)		 December 1954 June 1958
(transferred to Bezirk Erfurt)
4 Rolf Weihs
(1920–2000)		 June 1958 24 March 1960
(transferred to Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt)
5 Kurt Kieß
(1914–1970)		 24 March 1960 30 December 1970†
6 Alfred Rohde
(1921–1990)		 5 February 1971 12 November 1989
(deposed)
7 Heinz Freitag
(1936–2002)		 12 November 1989 7 December 1989
(party organization dissolved)

East Berlin

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Main article: East Berlin
Location of East Berlin within the GDR.
Boroughs of East Berlin (1987).
Map of East Berlin (1989).
Party leaders
Main article: East Berlin District Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1 Hermann Matern
(1893–1971)		 21 April 1946 18 October 1948
(transferred to Central Party Control Commission)
2 Hans Jendretzky
(1897–1992)		 18 October 1948 August 1953
(deposed and demoted)
3 Alfred Neumann
(1909–2001)		 August 1953 February 1957
(promoted to Central Committee Secretariat)
4 Hans Kiefert
(1905–1966)		 February 1957 February 1959
(deposed and demoted)
5 Paul Verner
(1905–1986)		 February 1959 26 November 1971
(promoted within Central Committee Secretariat)
6 Konrad Naumann
(1929–1992)		 26 November 1971 22 November 1985
(deposed)
7 Günter Schabowski
(1929–2015)		 22 November 1985 10 November 1989
(promoted within Central Committee Secretariat)
8 Heinz Albrecht
(born 1935)		 10 November 1989 11 February 1990
Government leaders
Main article: Governing Mayor of Berlin
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Political party
Lord Mayors
1 Friedrich Ebert Jr.
(1894–1979)[d]		 30 November 1948 5 July 1967 SED
2 Herbert Fechner
(1913–1998)		 5 July 1967 11 February 1974 SED
3 Erhard Krack
(1931–2000) 		11 February 1974 15 February 1990 SED
(until 1989)
PDS
(from 1989)
— Hannelore Mensch
(born 1937)
Acting Lord Mayor
[Acting for Krack]		 January 1979 1980 SED
— Ingrid Pankraz
(born 1948)
Acting Lord Mayor		 15 February 1990 23 February 1990 PDS
4 Christian Hartenhauer
(born 1948)		 23 February 1990 30 May 1990 PDS
5 Tino Schwierzina
(1927–2003)		 30 May 1990 11 January 1991 SDP
— Thomas Krüger
(born 1959)
Acting Lord Mayor		 11 January 1991 24 January 1991 SDP

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ Grieder, Peter (2 November 2012). The German Democratic Republic. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. xviii. ISBN 9780230356863.
  2. ^ a b Illing, Falk (7 October 2014). Die sächsische FDP seit 1990: Auf dem Weg zur etablierten Partei? (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 71. ISBN 9783658046576.
  3. ^ Travel Guide, German Democratic Republic. Zeit im Bild Publishing House. 1983. p. 89.
  4. ^ Horváth, Gyula (21 August 2014). Spaces and Places in Central and Eastern Europe: Historical Trends and Perspectives. Routledge. p. 109. ISBN 9781317917540.
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