Third Grotewohl cabinet

The following overview lists the ministers and state secretaries of the GDR government at the beginning of the government period.

Third cabinet of Otto Grotewohl
Cabinet Grotewohl III

2nd government of the German Democratic Republic
Date formed19 November 1954 (1954-11-19)
Date dissolved7 December 1958 (1958-12-07)
People and organisations
Head of governmentOtto Grotewohl
No. of ministers15
History
PredecessorGrotewohl II
SuccessorGrotewohl IV

Ministries

The government consisted of:[1]

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Minister-President of the German Democratic Republic19 November 19547 December 1958 SED
First Deputy Minister-President of the German Democratic Republic24 November 19557 December 1958 SED
Deputy Minister-President of the German Democratic Republic19 November 195424 November 1955 SED
19 November 19547 December 1958 CDU
19 November 19547 December 1958 SED
19 November 19547 December 1958 LDPD
19 November 19547 December 1958 National Democratic Party of Germany (DDR)
19 November 19547 December 1958 DBD
19 November 19547 December 1958 SED
18 January 195613 February 1958 SED
24 November 195513 February 1958 SED
18 January 19567 December 1958 SED
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry19 November 195419 March 1955 DBD
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry20 March 19557 December 1958 DBD
Ministry of Construction19 November 195415 February 1958 National Democratic Party of Germany (DDR)
Ministry of Finance19 November 195424 November 1955 LDPD
24 November 19557 December 1958 SED
Ministry of Foreign Affairs19 November 19547 December 1958 National Democratic Party of Germany (DDR)
Ministry of Heavy Industry19 November 195424 November 1955 SED
Ministry of the Interior19 November 195412 August 1955 SED
12 August 19557 December 1958 SED
Ministry of Justice19 November 19547 December 1958 SED
Ministry for Labor and Vocational Training
Frederick Macher
19 November 195415 February 1958 SED
Ministry of Light Industry19 November 195415 February 1958 National Democratic Party of Germany (DDR)
Ministry of Mechanical Engineering19 November 195415 April 1955 SED
Ministry for Post and Telecommunications19 November 19547 December 1958 CDU
Ministry of Public Education19 November 19547 December 1958 SED
Minister of State Security19 November 195431 October 1957 SED
11 December 19577 December 1958 SED
Ministry of Trade and Supply19 November 19547 December 1958 SED
Ministry of Transport19 November 19547 December 1958 SED
Ministry of Health19 November 19547 December 1958 CDU

Committees
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Chairman of the State Planning Commission
Bruno Leuschner
19 November 19547 December 1958 SED
First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission
Margaret Wittkowski
19 November 19547 December 1958 SED
State Secretary of the Committee for German Unity19 November 19547 December 1958 SED

References
  1. "Ministries, political parties, etc". rulers.org. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  2. Helmut Müller-Enbergs. "Steidle, Luitpold * 12.3.1898, † 27.7.1984 CDU-Funktionär, Minister für Gesundheitswesen, Oberbürgermeister von Weimar". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

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