Leaders of East Germany

Table of contents

1 General Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party 2 State Presidents 3 Chairmen of the Council of State 4 Chairmen of the Council of Ministers

General Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party

• Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl (1946-1950)
• Walter Ulbricht (1950-1971)
• Erich Honecker (1971-1989)
• Egon Krenz (1989)

State Presidents

German: Staatspräsident, Präsident der DDR.

• Johannes Dieckmann (1949, acting)
• Wilhelm Pieck (1949-1960)
• Johannes Dieckmann (1960, acting)

Chairmen of the Council of State

German: Staatsratsvorsitzender.

• Walter Ulbricht (1960-1973)
• Friedrich Ebert (1973, acting)
• Willi Stoph (1973-1976)
• Erich Honecker (1976-1989)
• Egon Krenz (1989)
• Manfred Gerlach (1989-1990, acting)
• Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1990)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers

German: Vorsitzender des Ministerrats. Also known as Prime Minister or Minister President.

• Otto Grotewohl (1949-1964)
• Willi Stoph (1964-1973)
• Horst Sindermann (1973-1976)
• Willi Stoph (1976-1989)
• Hans Modrow (1989-1990)
• Lothar de Maizière (1990)