List of leaders of administrative divisions of East Germany
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.
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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 districts (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.
- Party leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) | ||||
| 1 | .jpg) | Kurt Bürger (1894–1951) | 21 April 1946 | 28 July 1951 |
| 2 |  | Karl Mewis (1907–1987) | 1951 | 1952 |
- State leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President of the State Administration | |||||
| 1 | .jpg) | 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 | 30 July 1951 | SED |
| 3 | .jpg) | Bernhard Quandt (1903–1999) | 30 July 1951 | 23 July 1952 | SED |
Brandenburg
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 |
- 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 | .jpg) | Rudolf Jahn (1906–1990) | 5 December 1949 | 23 July 1952 | SED |
Saxony-Anhalt
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) | 21 April 1946 | 1952 |
- 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
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 | 1949 |
| 2 |  | Ernst Lohagen (1897–1971) | 1949 | 1952 |
| 3 |  | Karl Schirdewan (1907–1998) | 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
Location of Thuringia 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 |  | Werner Eggerath (1900–1977) | 21 April 1946 | 1947 |
| 2 | | Erich Ernst Kops (1905–1961) | 1947 | 1949 |
| 3 |  | Erich Mückenberger (1910–1998) | 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)[lower-alpha 1] | 2 September 1947 | 23 July 1952 | SED |
Districts (Bezirke)
Rostock
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) | August 1952 | July 1961 |
| 2 |  | Harry Tisch (1927–1995) | July 1961 | April 1975 |
| 3 | | Ernst Timm (1926–2005) | April 1975 | November 1989 |
| 4 | | Ulrich Peck (born 1948) | November 1989 | January 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | | Erhard Holweger (1911–1976) | 1952 | 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District 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
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 |
| 3 | | Georg Ewald (1926–1973) | October 1960 | February 1963 |
| 4 |  | Johannes Chemnitzer (born 1929) | February 1963 | November 1989 |
| 5 | | Wolfgang Herrmann (born 1939) | November 1989 | December 1989 |
| 6 | | Jürgen Zelm (born 1953) | December 1989 | 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | | Wilhelm Steudte (1897–1973) | 1952 | 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District 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 | .jpg) | Martin Brick (born 1939) | June 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
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) | August 1952 | February 1974 |
| 2 | | Heinz Ziegner (1928–2015) | February 1974 | November 1989 |
| 3 | | Hans Joachim Audehm (born 1940) | 3 November 1989 | December 1989 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | | Wilhelm Bick (1903–1980) | 1952 | 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District 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
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 Goetzel (1921–1986) Acting First Secretary | April 1956 | September 1957 |
| (1) | | Kurt Seibt (1908–2002) | September 1957 | June 1964 |
| 2 | | Werner Wittig (1926–1976) | June 1964 | 8 January 1976 |
| 3 | | Günter Jahn (1930–2015) | January 1976 | November 1989 |
| 4 | | Heinz Vietze (born 1947) | November 1989 | 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | | Curt Wach (1906–1974) | 1 August 1952 | 8 August 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District 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 (born 1941) | June 1990 | 2 October 1990 | SPD |
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 |
| 2 | | Eduard Goetzel (1921–1986) | April 1958 | August 1961 |
| 3 | | Erich Mückenberger (1910–1996) | August 1961 | May 1971 |
| 4 | | Hans-Joachim Hertwig (1928–1988) | May 1971 | 28 August 1988 |
| 5 | | Christa Zellmer (1930–2002) | November 1988 | November 1989 |
| 6 | | Bernd Meier (1944–2005) | November 1989 | February 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | | Franz Peplinski (1910–1991) | 1 August 1952 | 8 August 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District 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
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) | August 1952 | February 1979 |
| 2 |  | Kurt Tiedke (1924–2015) | February 1979 | June 1983 |
| 3 |  | Werner Eberlein (1919–2002) | June 1983 | November 1989 |
| 4 | | Wolfgang Pohl (born 1940) | 12 November 1989 | December 1989 |
| 5 | | Manfred Dunkel | December 1989 | February 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | | Josef Hegen (1907–1969) | 1952 | 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District 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
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 | .jpg) | Werner Walde (1926–2010) | June 1969 | November 1989 |
| 4 | | Wolfgang Thiel (born 1948) | November 1989 | 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | | Werner Manneberg (1923–2000) | 1 August 1952 | 11 August 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District 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
Location of Bezirk Halle 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 | | 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 |
| 4 |  | Horst Sindermann (1915–1990) | February 1963 | May 1971 |
| 5 |  | Werner Felfe (1928–1988) | May 1971 | May 1981 |
| 6 |  | Hans Joachim Böhme (1929–2012) | May 1981 | November 1989 |
| 7 |  | Roland Claus (born 1954) | November 1989 | 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | | Werner Bruschke (1898–1995) | 1952 | 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District 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
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 |
| 2 |  | Paul Fröhlich (1913–1970) | January 1953 | 19 September 1970 |
| 3 |  | Horst Schumann (1924–1993) | November 1970 | 5 November 1989 |
| 4 | | Roland Wötzel (born 1938) | November 1989 | February 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairmen of the District 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
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 |
| 2 | | Hans Kiefert (1905–1966) | August 1953 | February 1957 |
| 3 | | Hermann Fischer (1911–1967) | February 1957 | June 1958 |
| 4 |  | Alois Bräutigam (1916–2007) | June 1958 | April 1980 |
| 5 |  | Gerhard Müller (born 1928) | April 1980 | 11 November 1989 |
| 6 | | Herbert Kroker (born 1929) | 11 November 1989 | December 1989 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | | Willy Gebhardt (1901–1973) | 26 July 1952 | 1 August 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District 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
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 (born 1928) | May 1960 | October 1973 |
| 4 |  | Hans Modrow (born 1928) | October 1973 | November 1989 |
| 5 | | Hans-Joachim Hahn (born 1934) | November 1989 | January 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairmen of the District 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
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 |
| 2 | | Rolf Weihs (1920–2000) | January 1960 | February 1963 |
| 3 |  | Paul Roscher (1913–1993) | February 1963 | March 1976 |
| 4 |  | Siegfried Lorenz (born 1930) | March 1976 | November 1989 |
| 5 | | Norbert Kertscher (born 1954) | November 1989 | 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District 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
Location of Bezirk Gera 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 |  | Otto Funke (1915–1999) | 26 July 1952 | 1955 |
| 2 | | Heinz Glaser (1920–1980) | 1955 | August 1959 |
| 3 | | Paul Roscher (1913–1993) | September 1959 | February 1963 |
| 4 |  | Herbert Ziegenhahn (1921–1993) | February 1963 | November 1989 |
| 5 | | Erich Postler (born 1940) | November 1989 | December 1989 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | | Lydia Poser (1909–1984) | 26 July 1952 | 1 August 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District 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)[lower-alpha 2] | 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)[lower-alpha 3] | 10 January 1990 | 8 June 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 | | Peter Lindlau | 8 June 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
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) | 1956 | August 1968 |
| 4 |  | Hans Albrecht (1919–2008) | August 1968 | November 1989 |
| 5 | | Peter Pechauf (born 1941) | November 1989 | February 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | | Fritz Sattler (1896–1964) | 26 July 1952 | 1 August 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District 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 |
East Berlin
Location of East Berlin within the GDR.
Boroughs of East Berlin (1987).
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Map of East Berlin (1989).
- Party leaders
| 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 | 1948 |
| 2 | | Hans Jendretzky (1897–1992) | 1948 | 1953 |
| 3 |  | Alfred Neumann (1909–2001) | 1953 | 1957 |
| 4 | | Hans Kiefert (1905–1966) | 1957 | 1959 |
| 5 |  | Paul Verner (1905–1986) | 1959 | May 1971 |
| 6 |  | Konrad Naumann (1929–1992) | May 1971 | November 1985 |
| 7 |  | Günter Schabowski (1929–2015) | November 1985 | November 1989 |
| 8 | | Heinz Albrecht (born 1935) | November 1989 | 1989 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Mayors | |||||
| 1 |  | Friedrich Ebert Jr. (1894–1979)[lower-alpha 4] | 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-Antoni Schwierzina (1927–2003) | 30 May 1990 | 11 January 1991 | SDP |
| — |  | Thomas Krüger (born 1959) Acting Lord Mayor | 11 January 1991 | 24 January 1991 | SDP |
Notes
- Acting to 8 October 1947.
- Acting to 8 November 1965.
- Acting from 1 June 1990.
- Provisional to 17 October 1954.
References
- Grieder, Peter (2 November 2012). The German Democratic Republic. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. xviii. ISBN 9780230356863.
- Illing, Falk (7 October 2014). Die sächsische FDP seit 1990: Auf dem Weg zur etablierten Partei? (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 71. ISBN 9783658046576.
- Travel Guide, German Democratic Republic. Zeit im Bild Publishing House. 1983. p. 89.
- Horváth, Gyula (21 August 2014). Spaces and Places in Central and Eastern Europe: Historical Trends and Perspectives. Routledge. p. 109. ISBN 9781317917540.
External links
- Worldstatesmen.org – States of Germany since 1918 and Districts of East Germany
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