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]
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 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 |  |
Kurt Bürger (1894–1951) |
21 April 1946 | 28 July 1951 |
| 2 |  |
(1907–1987) |
1951 | 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 | 30 July 1951 | SED |
| 3 |  |
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 |  |
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 | |
(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)[a] |
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 | |
(1907–1987) |
August 1952 | July 1961 |
| 2 |  |
Harry Tisch (1927–1995) |
July 1961 | April 1975 |
| 3 | |
(1926–2005) |
April 1975 | November 1989 |
| 4 | |
(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 | |
(1911–1976) |
1952 | 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District Council | |||||
| 1 | |
(1911–1976) |
August 1952 | 6 August 1952 | SED |
| 2 | |
(1896–1984) |
August 1952 | May 1959 | SED |
| 3 | |
Harry Tisch (1927–1995) |
May 1959 | July 1961 | SED |
| 4 | |
(1917–1993) |
July 1961 | June 1969 | SED |
| 5 | |
(1928–2007) |
June 1969 | February 1986 | SED |
| 6 | |
(born 1936) |
February 1986 | December 1989 | SED |
| 7 | |
(born 1940) |
December 1989 | 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 | |
(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 | |
(1917–1960) |
September 1952 | August 1953 |
| 2 | |
(1909–1988) |
September 1953 | October 1960 |
| 3 | |
(1926–1973) |
October 1960 | February 1963 |
| 4 |  |
Johannes Chemnitzer (born 1929) |
February 1963 | November 1989 |
| 5 | |
(born 1939) |
November 1989 | December 1989 |
| 6 | |
(born 1953) |
December 1989 | 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | |
(1897–1973) |
1952 | 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District Council | |||||
| 1 | |
(1897–1973) |
August 1952 | December 1953 | SED |
| 2 |  |
Hans Jendretzky (1897–1992) |
December 1953 | February 1957 | SED |
| 3 | |
(1922–1989) |
1957 | May 1959 | SED |
| 4 | |
(1921–2001) |
May 1959 | July 1962 | SED |
| 5 | |
(born 1927) |
July 1962 | February 1967 | SED |
| 6 | |
(born 1925) |
February 1967 | March 1972 | SED |
| 7 |  |
(1921–1991) |
April 1972 | November 1977 | SED |
| 8 | |
(1931–2008) |
November 1977 | January 1990 | SED |
| — | |
(born 1947) Acting Chairman |
January 1990 | June 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 |  |
(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 | |
(1928–2015) |
February 1974 | November 1989 |
| 3 | |
(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 | |
(1903–1980) |
1952 | 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District Council | |||||
| 1 | |
(1903–1980) |
August 1952 | June 1958 | SED |
| 2 | |
(1906–1984) |
June 1958 | July 1960 | SED |
| 3 | |
(1921–2003) |
July 1960 | April 1968 | SED |
| 4 | |
(1930–2012) |
April 1968 | 8 December 1989 | SED |
| — | |
(born 1931) Acting Chairman |
December 1989 | June 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 | |
(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 |
| — | |
(1921–1986) Acting First Secretary |
April 1956 | September 1957 |
| (1) | |
Kurt Seibt (1908–2002) |
September 1957 | June 1964 |
| 2 | |
(1926–1976) |
June 1964 | 8 January 1976 |
| 3 | |
(1930–2015) |
January 1976 | November 1989 |
| 4 | |
(born 1947) |
November 1989 | 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | |
(1906–1974) |
1 August 1952 | 8 August 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District Council | |||||
| 1 | |
(1906–1974) |
8 August 1952 | January 1953 | SED |
| 2 | |
(1906–1984) |
April 1953 | February 1957 | SED |
| 3 | |
(1905–1978) |
February 1957 | June 1960 | SED |
| 4 | |
(1910–1991) |
June 1960 | December 1962 | SED |
| 5 | |
(1914–1997) |
January 1963 | May 1971 | SED |
| 6 | |
(born 1925) |
May 1971 | February 1974 | SED |
| 7 | |
(born 1923) |
February 1974 | June 1977 | SED |
| 8 | |
(born 1927) |
June 1977 | June 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 | |
(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 |  |
(1921–1981) |
1 August 1952 | February 1958 |
| 2 | |
(1921–1986) |
April 1958 | August 1961 |
| 3 | |
Erich Mückenberger (1910–1996) |
August 1961 | May 1971 |
| 4 | |
(1928–1988) |
May 1971 | 28 August 1988 |
| 5 | |
(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 | |
(1910–1991) |
1 August 1952 | 8 August 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District Council | |||||
| 1 | |
(1910–1991) |
8 August 1952 | September 1956 | SED |
| 2 | |
(1922–2013) |
November 1956 | June 1960 | SED |
| 3 |  |
(1919–2008) |
August 1960 | March 1963 | SED |
| 4 | |
(born 1925) |
March 1963 | May 1969 | SED |
| 5 | |
(1925–2003) |
May 1969 | November 1989 | SED |
| 6 | |
(1941–2004) |
20 November 1989 | June 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 |  |
(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 |  |
(1924–2015) |
February 1979 | June 1983 |
| 3 |  |
(1919–2002) |
June 1983 | November 1989 |
| 4 | |
(born 1940) |
12 November 1989 | December 1989 |
| 5 | |
December 1989 | February 1990 | |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | |
(1907–1969) |
1952 | 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District Council | |||||
| 1 | |
(1907–1969) |
August 1952 | June 1953 | SED |
| 2 | |
(1913–1959) |
June 1953 | 20 November 1959 | SED |
| — |  |
(1925–2011) Acting Chairman |
1957 | 1958 | SED |
| 3 | |
(1920–1999) |
September 1960 | June 1985 | SED |
| 4 | |
(born 1938) |
September 1985 | June 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 | |
(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 | |
(1923–1996) |
1 August 1952 | August 1953 |
| 2 | |
(1920–1998) |
August 1953 | May 1969 |
| 3 |  |
(1926–2010) |
June 1969 | November 1989 |
| 4 | |
(born 1948) |
November 1989 | 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Commission | |||||
| 1 | |
(1923–2000) |
1 August 1952 | 11 August 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District Council | |||||
| 1 | |
(1923–2000) |
11 August 1952 | June 1959 | SED |
| 2 | |
(1919–2015) |
July 1959 | February 1962 | SED |
| — | |
(1911–af. 1985) Acting Chairman |
1962 | 1962 | SED |
| 3 | |
(1915–1995) |
June 1962 | May 1971 | SED |
| 4 | |
(1929–2014) |
May 1971 | April 1989 | SED |
| 5 | |
(born 1940) |
June 1989 | June 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 |  |
(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 | |
(1920–1980) |
1953 | September 1954 |
| 3 | |
(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 |  |
(1928–1988) |
May 1971 | May 1981 |
| 6 |  |
(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 | |
(1917–1998) |
December 1954 | June 1958 | SED |
| 3 | |
(1901–1975) |
July 1958 | March 1966 | SED |
| 4 | |
(1928–2011) |
May 1966 | February 1984 | SED |
| 5 | |
(born 1931) |
February 1984 | January 1990 | SED |
| 6 | |
(born 1934) |
January 1990 | June 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 | |
(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 |  |
(1913–1970) |
January 1953 | 19 September 1970 |
| 3 |  |
(1924–1993) |
November 1970 | 5 November 1989 |
| 4 | |
(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 | |
(1904–1989) |
August 1952 | March 1959 | SED |
| 2 |  |
Erich Grützner (1910–2001) |
April 1959 | February 1974 | SED |
| 3 | |
(1929–2006) |
February 1974 | December 1989 | SED |
| 4 | |
(born 1939) |
December 1989 | June 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 | |
(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 | |
(1905–1966) |
August 1953 | February 1957 |
| 3 | |
(1911–1967) |
February 1957 | June 1958 |
| 4 |  |
(1916–2007) |
June 1958 | April 1980 |
| 5 |  |
(born 1928) |
April 1980 | 11 November 1989 |
| 6 | |
(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 | |
(1901–1973) |
26 July 1952 | 1 August 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District Council | |||||
| 1 | |
(1901–1973) |
1 August 1952 | 9 October 1962 | SED |
| 2 | |
(1928–1985) |
9 October 1962 | 17 January 1985 | SED |
| — | |
(born 1938) Acting Chairman |
17 January 1985 | 5 March 1985 | SED |
| 3 | |
(1932–1990) |
6 March 1985 | 4 February 1990 | SED |
| — | |
(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 | |
(1902–1976) |
August 1952 | February 1957 |
| 2 | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(born 1928) |
February 1961 | March 1963 | SED |
| 4 | |
(1929–2014) |
March 1963 | July 1982 | SED |
| (3) | |
(born 1928) |
July 1982 | December 1989 | SED |
| 5 | |
(1934–2017) |
December 1989 | February 1990 | SED |
| 6 | |
(born 1944) |
February 1990 | June 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 | |
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 | |
(1920–2000) |
January 1960 | February 1963 |
| 3 |  |
(1913–1993) |
February 1963 | March 1976 |
| 4 |  |
Siegfried Lorenz (born 1930) |
March 1976 | November 1989 |
| 5 | |
(born 1954) |
November 1989 | 1990 |
- District leaders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the District Council | |||||
| 1 | |
(1899–1977) |
August 1952 | March 1960 | SED |
| 2 | |
(1928–1988) |
March 1960 | September 1963 | SED |
| 3 |  |
(1920–2000) |
1963 | January 1981 | SED |
| 4 | |
(born 1934) |
February 1981 | June 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 | |
(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 | |
(1920–1980) |
1955 | August 1959 |
| 3 | |
(1913–1993) |
September 1959 | February 1963 |
| 4 |  |
(1921–1993) |
February 1963 | November 1989 |
| 5 | |
(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 | |
(1921–2004) |
14 October 1959 | 19 May 1965 | SED |
| 3 | |
(1914–1974)[b] |
20 May 1965 | 28 March 1973 | SED |
| 4 | |
Rudolf Bahmann (1929–1977) |
28 March 1973 | 19 September 1977 | SED |
| — | |
Acting Chairman |
20 September 1977 | 8 December 1977 | SED |
| 5 | |
(1932–2008) |
9 December 1977 | 30 May 1983 | SED |
| 6 | |
(1928–1999) |
30 May 1983 | 9 January 1990 | SED |
| 7 | |
(born 1930)[c] |
10 January 1990 | 8 June 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 | |
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 | |
(1912–1987) |
26 July 1952 | August 1954 |
| 2 | |
(1912–1983) |
November 1954 | September 1956 |
| 3 | |
(1915–1997) |
1956 | August 1968 |
| 4 | |
(1919–2008) |
August 1968 | November 1989 |
| 5 | |
(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 | |
(1896–1964) |
26 July 1952 | 1 August 1952 | SED |
| Chairmen of the District Council | |||||
| 1 | |
(1896–1964) |
1 August 1952 | 29 November 1958 | SED |
| 2 | |
(1914–1975) |
29 November 1958 | 26 July 1967 | SED |
| 3 | |
(1922–2015) |
26 July 1967 | 16 May 1990 | SED |
| — | |
(born 1945) Acting Chairman |
16 May 1990 | 8 June 1990 | SED |
| Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |||||
| 1 |  |
(born 1939) |
8 June 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
East Berlin[]
Location of East Berlin within the GDR.
Boroughs of East Berlin (1987).
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 | |
(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 | |
(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)[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 | |
(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[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Grieder, Peter (2 November 2012). The German Democratic Republic. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. xviii. ISBN 9780230356863.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ 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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